Billy Bragg - Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Lyrics) - Bob Dylan Cover

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Billy Bragg cover of Bob Dylan's "Lay Down Your Weary Tune"

"Lay Down Your Weary Tune" was written by Bob Dylan in 1963. He originally recorded it for his album The Times They Are a-Changin', but it was not released until 1985 on the Biograph box set. In the album liner notes, Dylan claims that in the song he was trying to capture the feeling of a Scottish ballad he had just heard on a 78 rpm record. The specific ballad Dylan was referring to has not been identified, but speculation includes "The Water is Wide", "O Waly, Waly" and "I Wish, I Wish".

Los Angeles folk rock group the Byrds recorded "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" for their 1965 album Turn! Turn! Turn!.
Besides Bob Dylan and the Byrds, artists who have recorded the song in the 1960s include Bill Henderson, who released the song on When My Dreamboat Comes Home in 1965 and Jim and Jean, who released it on Changes in 1966. Other artists who subsequently covered the song include McGuinness Flint, Ashley Hutchings, Fairport Convention, Tim O'Brien and the 13th Floor Elevators and Mary Black.

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