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Ballad For A Friend

Bob Dylan © 1962,1965 Duchess Music Corp.

(Official lyrics @ www.bobdylan.com)


Feb 1962
THE WITMARK DEMOS:
    THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 9 / 1962-1964
THE BOOTLEG (T-286)
GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES (T-393)
IN THE PINES (T-645)

Leeds Music demo, NYC - february 1962  

Sad i'm sittin' on the railroad track
Watchin' that old smokestack
Train is a-leavin' but i won't be back.

Years ago we hung around
Watchin' trains roll thru the town
Now that train is a-graveyard bound.

Where we go up in that north country
Lakes an' streams an' mines so free
I had no better friend than he.

Somethin' happened to him that day
I thought i heard a stranger say
I hung my head an' stole away.

A diesel truck was headin' down
Carryin' up a heavy load
Left him on a Utah road.

They carried him back to his home town
His mother cried, his sister moaned
Listenin' to them church bells toll.

A diesel truck was rollin' slow
Pullin' down a heavy load
It left him on a Utah road. 
    

Recording dates & record list

Feb 1962 1THE WITMARK DEMOS: THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 9 / 1962-1964
THE BOOTLEG (bootleg)
THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES (3cd pack bootleg)
IN THE PINES (bootleg)