Roll On, John - Bob Dylan video free download


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Uploaded: 2009/04/03

From Folksinger's Choice with Cynthia Gooding (1962)

Roll. roll on John,

Don't you roll so slow

How can I roll when the wheels won't roll?

I asked that girl, won't you be my wife?

She fell on her knees,she began to cry.

The more she cried, the worse I felt

Till I thought my heart would melt.

I looked at the sun was a-sinking low.

I looked at my baby, she was a-walkin' down the road.

I looked at the sun was a-turning red.

I looked at my baby, but she bowed her head.

Don't the sun look lonesome, oh lord lord lord, on the graveyard fence?

Don't my baby look lonesome when her head is bent?

Roll on John, don't you roll so slow.

How can I roll when the wheels won't roll.

Roll on John, don't you roll so slow.

How can I roll when the wheels won't roll.

Comments

10 years ago

johnnyrocola

no one sings it like Bob, so glad Cynthia's interview survives and is readily available......Roll on Bob.

10 years ago

M Tolstoy

There a big difference between this song and the one on Tempest.Another classic Dylan song. This man is amazing

10 years ago

BradTheMr

I have typed up a couple of comments that just couldn't describe my feelings when listening to this. So I will just say this: I am sitting here, smiling, and slightly tearing up as Bob picks such a beautiful song and sings such gorgeous long notes.

10 years ago

James Murphy

very surprised to see this song on youtube. great song from a very unknown album. big thumbs up

11 years ago

Riley Simpson

far out i wish this song had the guitar tabs online, srsly i have been looking for ages and only get the new version!!! so frustrating 

11 years ago

alaskanwonderdog

This is such an awesome song, however since Dylan has a song called "Roll On John" on his 2012 album Tempest that is a tribute to John Lennon there is some confusion. I've heard that the original recording of this song by Dylan was during this interview in or about 1961, and that it is a classic blues song recorded by Dylan.I've heard that this recording is called "Roll On, John." or "Long John" but I cannot find any information to verify this. If anyone has information on this track, please share it here, googleing turned up no results.

11 years ago

WeinerLord

Michelle Branch is so much better ha ha. Thanks Marnie.

11 years ago

Ahalya Ganesh

GIRLS brought me here

11 years ago

tomaf

who was he talking to at the end?

11 years ago

GiuseppeGrasso89

check my channel if ya can

11 years ago

Reidh Beallagh

totally ripped from Roll on buddy, and Sally Gardens

12 years ago

akolade

This song is way superior than the new one with the same title.

12 years ago

VinniePaulComedy

all of these uploads from the Cynthia Gooding recordings are swell.

12 years ago

thehyperactivesloth

this was an old folk song often called Long John, different than the other "Long John" songs you'll find... it was probably Appalachian or similar... I'd always imagined Rabbit Brown singing it... has a very similar feel to my ear as James Alley Blues as Dylan plays them...

12 years ago

Prodevus

That's because THIS SONG ISN'T ABOUT LENNON BUT THE NEW ONE IS. I repeat, this one ISN'T the new one IS. Do you hear him talking about the Quarrymen in this video? No.

12 years ago

Derrick Vanier

If you look up lyrics for Bob Dylan Roll On John on Google he talks about the Quarrymen and mentions lyrics from Come Together and A Day in the Life.

12 years ago

Prodevus

No, it's based on the original -- Roll On John was an old blues classic before he touched it. The new one is about John Lennon by the way, this one ain't.

12 years ago

Prodevus

The song isn't about Lennon.

12 years ago

Derrick Vanier

He didn't even know John in 1961 The Beatles weren't even famous in America yet.

12 years ago

pufmama

I adore this, thanks so much!!

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