Farewell Angelina
The bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits
I must follow the sound
Dylan attempted to record “Farewell, Angelina” only once, during the first session for his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home on January 13, 1965. Dylan’s one recording of the song was eventually issued in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 and again on The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966.
Rosanne Cash
The triangle tingles
And the trumpets play slow
Farewell Angelina
The sky is on fire
And I must go
Stockholm 24 August 2016
John Mellencamp
There’s no need for anger
There’s no need for blame
There’s nothing to prove
Ev’rything’s still the same
Live In Bellmont Mall Studios (1997)
Jeff Buckley
Just a table standing empty
By the edge of the sea
Farewell Angelina
The sky is trembling
And I must leave
Live at WFMU in East Orange New Jersey on Saturday Nov. 10th 1991
Tim & Mollie O’Brien
The jacks and the queens
Have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies
Now file past the guards
Live at McCabe’s 2012
and…
Joan Baez
See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans
With a sawed-off shotgun
From the album “Farewell, Angelina” (1965)
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My favorite is the Jeff Buckley version. Thanks
Not a single one of these compares to Dylan’s own rendition.
Well, you just did… joking aside, we agree with you. 🙂 That is not the point of the post, it is frankly to honor a tradition of singing other songwriter’s songs. A tradition that Bob Dylan wholeheartedly embraces.