Title: Ballad of Hollis Brown (The Bear, Chicago, 4-25-63)
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: 50th Anniversary Collection: 1963 (Track #9)
Duration: 05:03
Label:
Hollis Brown, he lived
On the outside of town
Hollis Brown, he lived
On the outside of town
With his wife an' five children
An' his cabin broken down.
You looked for work an' money
An' you walked a ragged mile
You looked for work an' money
An' you walked a ragged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they don't know how to smile.
Your babies' eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve
Your babies' eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve
You walk the floor an' wonder why
With every breath you breathe.
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
If there's anyone that knows
Is there anyone that cares?
You prayed to the lord above
Oh please send you a friend
You prayed to the lord above
Oh please send you a friend
Your empty pockets tell you
That you ain't a-got no friend.
Your babies a-cryin' louder now
It's a-poundin' on your brain
Your babies a-cryin' louder now
It's a-poundin' on your brain
Your wife's screams are stabbin' you
Like the dirty drivin' rain.
Your grass is turnin' black
There's no water in your well
Your grass is turnin' black
There's no water in your well
You spent your last long dollar
On seven shot gun shells.
Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Your eyes fix on the shot gun
That's hangin' on the wall.
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shot gun
That you're holdin' in your hand.
There's seven breezes blowin'
All around the cabin door
There's seven breezes blowin'
All around the cabin door
Seven shots ring out
Like the ocean's poundin' roar.
There's seven people dead
On a south Dakota farm
There's seven people dead
On a south Dakota farm
Somewheres in the distance
There's seven new people born.
The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 is the second Bob Dylan collection released by Sony Music to prevent the recordings from legally entering the public domain in Europe. Released on vinyl only in November 2013 only 100 copies of the six-LP set were produced.
Track listing
LP 1 Side A
Eternal Circle (Take 4)
Percys Song (Take 1)
Thats All Right, Mama/Sally Free and Easy (Take 1)
Hero Blues (Take 3)
East Laredo Blues (Take 1)
Bob Dylans New Orleans Rag (Take 2)
tracks 1 & 4 recorded 12 August 1963, tracks 2, 3 & 5 recorded 23 October, track 6 recorded 24 October during The Times They Are a-Changin sessions
LP 1 Side B The Banjo Tape
Lonesome River Edge
Back Door Blues
Bob Dylans Dream
You Can Get Her
Farewell
All Over You
Instrumental in Gerdes Basement/Jam
Keep Your Hands Off Her (Leadbelly)
Honey Babe
Goin Back To Rome
Stealin'
all tracks recorded 2 August 1963 at the Basement of Gerdes Folk City. Tracks 7, 9, 12 with Happy Traum, track 12 with Gil Turner
LP 2 Side C
Ballad of Hollis Brown
recorded for the Folk Songs and More Folk Songs TV Special, 3 March 1963
Girl from the North Country
Only A Hobo
tracks 2 & 3 recorded for the Oscar Brand Show/World of Folk Music, March 1963
Ramblin Down Through the World
Bob Dylans Dream
Talkin New York
Hiding Too Long
LP 2 Side D
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Walls of Red Wing
All Over You
Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues
Boots of Spanish Leather
LP 3 Side E
Hero Blues
John Brown
A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall
Dusty Old Fairgrounds
Who Killed Davey Moore?
LP 3 Side F
Seven Curses
Highway 51?
Pretty Peggy-O
Bob Dylans New Orleans Rag
Dont Think Twice, Its All Right
With God On Our Side
tracks 47, side C and sides D-F recorded at the Town Hall, New York City, 12 April 1963
LP 4 Side G
James Alley Blues
Long Time Gone
Only a Hobo
Untitled Blues Jam
A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall
tracks 15 recorded at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie, 18 April 1963
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues
LP 4 Side H
Bob Dylans Dream
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Talkin World War III Blues
A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall
With God on Our Side
tracks 67, side G and side H recorded at The Bear folk club, Chicago, 25 April 1963
LP 5 Side I
Farewell
A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall
Bob Dylans Dream
Boots of Spanish Leather
John Brown
LP 5 Side J
Who Killed Davey Moore?
Blowin in the Wind
Tracks 1 & 2, side J recorded for the Studs Terkel Wax Museum radio show, Chicago, 26 April 1963
Blowin in the Wind
Only a Pawn in Their Game
tracks 3 & 4 recorded for the Songs of Freedom TV show, New York City, 30 July 1963
When the Ship Comes In
Only a Pawn in Their Game
tracks 5 & 6 recorded at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, 28 August 1963. Track 5 with Joan Baez
LP 6 Side K
Blowin in the Wind
Percys Song
Seven Curses
Walls of Red Wing
LP 6 Side L
Talkin World War III Blues
Dont Think Twice, Its All Right
Only a Pawn in Their Game
Masters of War
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
sides K & L recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 26 October 1963