The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22283   Message #3313620
Posted By: meself
26-Feb-12 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Days of Forty Nine
Subject: RE: Origins: The Days of Forty Nine
Yes, Dylan recorded it.

One of the persistent phrases that has persistently aroused my curiosity is "the travelling/roving/rambling sign" - would this have had some more specific meaning in the late 19th C., or would it have been as open to interpretation then as it is now (i.e., "sign" of what? the folly of youthful misadventure? the consequences of drinking and gambling? the awful truth that can't be revealed to the ears of youth?)