About This Song
About "Lay Down Your Weary Tune (BBC “Folk on 1” 17 October 1970)" by Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span strip Dylan's hymn to its folk bones, trading prophecy for a weary, close-miked resignation. The fiddle circles like a moth around a dying flame; the vocal offers rest, but the drone underneath suggests no such comfort. A BBC session that feels less like a performance than a whispered confession in a cold studio.
