#30 ~ Girl From The North Country ~ Bob Dylan - Johnny Cash ~ Cover w/ Epiphone Dove Pro & Bluesharp video free download

(c)1963 Words & Music Bob Dylan

Track 2 on album "The Freewheelin´ Bob Dylan"

Arr. stagwolf

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If you're travellin´ in the north country fair where the winds hit heavy on the borderline.

Remember me to one who lives there she once was a true love of mine.

If you go where the snowflakes storm when the rivers freeze and summer ends.

See for me if she´s wearing a coat so warm to keep her from the howlin´ winds.

See for me that her hair hangs long, it rolls and flows all down her breasts.

See for me that her hair hangs down that's the way I remember her best.

I'm a-wonderin´ if she remembers me at all, many times I've often prayed.

In the darkness of my night, in the brightness of my day. [bluesharp

If you're travellin´ in the north country fair where the winds hit heavy on the borderline.

Say hello to the one who lives there for she once was a true love of mine.

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Bluesharp key of G

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Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Special Rider -- for original,exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, check-out the official channel at www.youtube.com/bobdylan

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The song was written following his first trip to England in December, 1962, upon what he thought to be the completion of his second album.

It is debated as to whom this song is a tribute to, some claim former girlfriend, Echo Helstrom, and some Bonnie Beecher, both of whom Dylan knew before leaving for New York. However, it is suspected that this song could have been inspired by his then girlfriend, Suze Rotolo.

Dylan left England for Italy to search for Suze, whose continuation of studies there had caused a serious rift in their relationship.

Unbeknownst to Dylan, Rotolo had already returned to the United States, leaving about the same time that Dylan arrived in Italy.

It was here that he finished the song, ostensibly inspired by the apparent end of his relationship with Rotolo.

Upon his return to New York in mid-January, he convinced Rotolo to get back together, and to move back into his apartment on 4th Street.

Suze Rotolo is the woman featured on the album cover, walking arm in arm with Dylan down Jones Street, not far from their apartment.

While in London, Dylan met several figures in the local folk scene, including English folksinger Martin Carthy. "I ran into some people in England who really knew those [traditional English] songs," Dylan recalled in 1984. "Martin Carthy, another guy named [Bob] Davenport. Martin Carthy's incredible. I learned a lot of stuff from Martin."

Carthy exposed Dylan to a repertoire of traditional English ballads, including Carthy's own arrangement of "Scarborough Fair," which Dylan drew upon for aspects of the melody and lyrics of "Girl from the North Country," including the line from the refrain "Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine".

Musically, this song is nearly identical to his composition "Boots of Spanish Leather", composed and recorded one year later for the album The Times They Are a-Changin'.

Notable versions

Johnny Cash and Joni Mitchell performed a duet of the song on The Johnny Cash Show.

Cash also recorded a duet with Dylan himself during their February, 1969 recording session while Dylan was in Nashville for Nashville Skyline. This version appears in the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

Waylon Jennings performed a live cover version in the early '60s on his album The Restless Kid — Live at JD's.

Hugues Aufray adaptation "La fille du nord".

Joe Cocker and Leon Russell performed the song on the 1970 live album Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

Rod Stewart also covered this song on his 1974 album Smiler.

Pete Townshend's "North Country Girl," on his album All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes, is another variant on the traditional song that Dylan based "Girl from the North Country" on, albeit in a more pop-oriented manner. He has also performed live versions of the song more similar to Dylan's original.

The Black Crowes have performed this song live numerous times.

Robert Plant has performed the song during several live performances.

John Gorka recorded the song on A Nod to Bob.

Rosanne Cash included the song on her 2009 album The List, which is based on a list of 100 country songs Johnny Cash recommended to her as "essential."

Eddie Vedder has performed the song on his solo tours, with a performance documented in the 2011 concert film Water On The Road.

Sting covered the song for Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.

Counting Crows released a live version as an iTunes Store bonus track on their 2012 album of covers, Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation).[wiki