Yeah. I think Dylan generally only bothered to rework a trad song if he thought he could do something that was in some way an improvement on the original...or at least allowed him to say something he really wanted to say. If not, he didn't bother reworking it, but did it in its original form, albeit in his own style of delivery.

I've done the same thing myself, rewriting and adapting trad songs to new lyrics and new ideas, but no one objects to it...cos I'm not famous! :-)

Ah...the joys of anonymity... Several of Dylan's closest friends said recently, when asked what one present they would give him, if they could, that anonymity would be it.

Suze Rotolo said "youth, beauty, and no more biographies".

- LH