this was the newport folk festival, in newport, rhode island, on may 16, 1963. bob dylan played the festival yearly in those days and this song, which is on my holiday cd, is about a boxer who died of head injuries suffered in the ring.
it is an amazing folk song in the truest spirit of the tradition and something of an indictment of the blood lust that is pugilism.
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