That's correct on the dates, Enzo, but Bob and Suze did not break up just once. They had more than one separation over the period of their relationship. I believe the song is about her, written following such a separation. I also recall reading in one of the biographies that Joan Baez performed the song at an outdoor concert...this was when Bob and Joan were beginning to get involved...and Baez said in introducing the song something like, "This is a song about a relationship that has reached its conclusion..."

Suze, who was in the audience, reacted by flushing deeply and walking off, quite angry about it. She knew that Joan was referring to her and Bob, and she didn't like it one bit.

I'm just about 100% sure it was about Suze, and yes, I'm fully aware of the album cover in '63, and that she and Bob were together some time after that song was sung and recorded. But...I am willing to be proven wrong...let's investigate further.

Buck - I think that's a big part of it. I wasn't interested in Tom Paxton (did he write LTOMM?), as it happened, and my exposure to the song was hearing it played live by every Tom, Dick, and Harriet here there and everywhere...and I just was not that impressed for whatever reason. It was part of the scene that seemed to be taken for granted.