But the first time I heard it when I was y'know, like a small boy, my daddy – my father – he had some of the words to it, and I heard him sing it, and we – my brother and me – we put a few more words to it, and brought it back in existence. In an interview he gave toward the end of his life, he said this:
Ralph recalled in a 2009 interview with the Diane Rehm Show: "'Man of Constant Sorrow' is probably two or three hundred years old.
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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is an American musician,
The lyrics from the second verse—'Oh, six long year I've been blind, friends'—would hold true with the year he was blinded, 1907. The style of the score is Country. Do you know any background info about this track?
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I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I'll say goodbye to Colorado Where I was born and partly raised Through this open world I'm a-bound to ramble Through ice and snow, sleet and rain Im a-bound to ride that mornin' railroad Perhaps I'll die upon that train Your mother says that I'm a stranger A face you'll never see no more
Man Of Constant Sorrow
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Gunning is a coal miner's wife struggling to feed and clothe her family, while Collins and Baez are world-weary women returning home to California. Burnett sang this as "Farewell Song" and included in a booklet of six tunes called Burnett recorded his version for Columbia Records in 1927, but the label refused to release it and even destroyed the master.
In addition to The Stanley Brothers, other artists to cover it include Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia.
referencing Man Of Constant Sorrow, 12", JAL 35 Originally this was hidden away on an EP due to a sample which gave the EP it’s name (One Sample Short of a Lawsuit EP) The legalities have now been dealt with and this is the proper release.
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