Red River Shore Bob Dylan Top Bob Dylan Lyrics Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird Hurricane All Along The Watchtower Knockin' On Heaven's Door Blowin' In The Wind Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Mr. Tambourine Man No More Auction Block Positively 4th Street Everybody Must Get Stoned Come back to me, darling, you're the one I adore. Sometimes I think nobody ever saw me here at all Pretty maids all in a row lined up With a Thud of the plane to the earth, And in that letter these words you’ll find /lyrics/k/kingston_trio/red_river_shore.html. The vocal, too, can verge on the self-parodic, the nasal element comes close to being a bit too much, in the choruses. Each verse has to be the same basic construction as each other verse, to be a Verse and make the song strophic. Music like this is weaved together from a long tradition of tunes, themes and lyrics. Was the girl from the Red River Shore Learn how your comment data is processed. Or if you prefer, leave the CD running after Red River Shore, and see what you get – “Tell Ol’ Bill“. He knew how to bring him on back to life, ((“a guy” He’s calling Jesus “a guy.” This Guy (Dylan) is calling Jesus ‘a guy.’ after all he has been through with Jesus; its BD playing with his persona)), (And then desperate he thinks: “maybe I’ll call that guy and see if he can help me with this girl.”, Well I don’t know what kind of language he used In the moonlight shooting by The narrator’s estrangement from life is so great that even his Saviour who could bring the dead back to life is just a “guy”. In Tell Ol Bill the singer has experienced it all and dealt with it all. But I take your point, some of the lines could have done with a slight re-write. The don’t overanalyze, esp. Before you get started, be sure to check out these explanations created I broadly agree with the article, and I recognise, in many of the comments, the common but lamentable tendency to scorn any criticism or even any nuanced variance of praise when it comes to Dylan. And I’ve been out where the black winds roar But I always picture the northern Red River-and I’ve never been there. Dylan takes a line from that song for Not … Some find it as a song of warning – no the grass is not greener. One more day is another day away This is not, “oh how I miss her,” this is black magic and the land of the Raven King. Dylan grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota, which is only 200 miles by car to Moorhead, Minnesota, which is situated on the east side of the river from Fargo, North Dakota. Beyond here lies nothing: Dylan and Ovid, Dylan and wandering, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz71OswhdzM, http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/2010/05/04/red-river-shore/, http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/519/Red-River-Shore, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymr0QNzOFwE. In that way, and I’d guess in many ways, I’m a lot like the readers and writer here, and I agree with many of the comments. I could never be free But the first four lines of this song are not the same as the second four lines. It’s an interesting interpretation, and certainly reminds us of the vast number of Dylan songs that sing of getting up and leaving – One to many mornings is always the one that comes first to my mind but there are so many, many more. She gave me her best advice and she said What connects the songs is the notion that “I’m livin’ in a foreign country but I’m bound to cross the line”. It’s a song of utter hoplessness and despair. But Dylan more than likely had heard that song – and the title it is one of those that just stays in the mind. “Go home and lead a quiet life”, But these oft-repeated lines just keep getting repeated, Well I’ve been to the east and I’ve been to the west. I only just heard this song on a radio program and decided to look it up, which led me to lyrics, an actual recording of the song, and this article. I never did know the score Describe what artist is trying to say in a certain line, whether I know I’ve stayed here before The wandering woman, totally self-contained and content who just moves on. Strophic songs fit a long tradition of folk music. I've never wanted any of them wanting me Ask us or our community about the part of the song that interests you, We will try to respond as soon as possible. The singing on these “lost songs” are among the best he has ever done. rewards, status updates and get feedback from our community. But I know this is where I belong Sometimes the “died and was dead” kind of lines that sound like a fourth to sixth grader could have written them are best appreciated in the whole song’s context. http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/2010/05/04/red-river-shore/. You're the one I will marry on the Red River shore. And the sudden changes of direction really cause us problems in a way that they don’t in such songs as “Tangled up in blue”. Dylan does deliver a hefty punch later on when he reports the more difficult concept of the fact that no one remembers her. It doesn’t work, wrong atmosphere, wrong style, etc etc. The conclusion of WARREN (Hist. You can’t have one without the other. We arrived with a friend of mine a bit early, before the party people arrive to dance and flirt, and sat down to eat at the restaurant area. The opening line “Some of us turn off the lights and we live” is everything you could want from an opening line. It’s Lim vocals and guitar plus bass, viola and violins. Change ). The song is Dylan at his most pessimistic and weary – even Jesus is some guy whose revitalising power Dylan (the master of words) is unable to call on because he doesn’t even know what language Jesus spoke. I am 61 and 99 percent of the music I’ve heard since I was 15 is BD, with a smattering of others, all guessable. I am a little surprised no-one has mentioned a reference I would consider central to the song : it may be Dylan is thinking of himself as dead without the girl; or it may be he fears she is now dead. Kerrigan, James J. He doubted it happened. Dylan has often withheld a true masterpiece from whatever album he was recording at the time. ( Log Out /  Of the girl from the Red River shore, Well, we’re living in the shadows of a fading past That has brightened our pathway a while. Bob Dylan wrote and recorded "Red River Shore" -- which uses motifs and plays with themes from "Red River Valley" -- for Time Out of Mind (1997). She's the one I will marry on the Red River shore. Watch official video, print or download text in PDF. Fits me like a glove. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymr0QNzOFwE. The main narrative of events and feelings is thus set between two pillars that help define the seriousness of the song. Pretty maids all in a row lined up. So, in coming to review this song, my intention moved on to other songs of the same type. I have followed him in all possible ways since 1963. Well, I’ve been to the east and I’ve been to the west Dylan didn’t manage it this time, but even the greatest songwriter of the age can hit a brick wall. There are eight verses. Such reviews as there are of this song, insist on saying there are 16 verses in the song – but that is not right at all. Dylan’s famous ability to tell a story back to front intrigues in some songs, but not here, because by the cloak of misery, it seems to be all over. The original “(Girl From the) Red River Shore” is a song of mutual love, but the father of the girl disagrees and the narrator fights 24 gunmen the father hired, before he’s left dying from his wounds. Those points I highlighted with the bullet points above – normally each one is enough on its own for a complete song. His one regret is not being able to spend “every hour of my life with the girl from the red river shore”. Don't write just "I love this song." But I can’t escape from the memory https://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/519/Red-River-Shore. Left off the album, two versions of it were included in The Bootleg Series Vol. Jimmie Rodgers wrote new lyrics titled Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea and recorded by himself in 1928. It almost seems like a rough first draft. How could it be any other way? And I been out where the black winds roar For other uses, see. Provide song facts, names, places and other worthy info that may You know how it is: Picking a single favorite is as hard as picking a favorite line or a favorite four-word fragment. Well I’m wearing the cloak of misery Add links, pictures and videos to make your explanation more And I’ve tasted jilted love I would have been happy with just one song of course, but he actually let the whole CD play! Dylan is spinning poetry – not puzzles. [Verse 2] Has anyone seen the “Trouble No More”doc? But for me such interpretations fall short of the mark, because the song is not particularly about endlessly looking for the perfect woman, but instead is about finding a woman whom he loves, but who won’t reciprocate that love. From the girl from the Red River Shore Well, the dream dried up a long time ago Even bringing the instrumentation in very slightly in the second verse, and then with the full blown burst from verse three on doesn’t really sustain us as there are still five verses to go. In such a restrictive structure we need a huge level of intensity in the lyrics – in my view (and of course that is all it is) we don’t get it. Highlight lyrics and request an explanation. That’s how I interpret it. Once, a thousand nights ago Come and join us inside Bob Dylan’s Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/519/Red-River-Shore and listen to every version of every song composed, recorded or performed by Bob Dylan, plus all the great covers, free legally and without Ads.