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"As I Went Out One Morning" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released as the second song on his 1967 album John Wesley Harding.

"As I Went Out One Morning"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album John Wesley Harding
Released	December 27, 1967 (1967-12-27)
Recorded	November 6, 1967
Genre	Folk rock, country rock
Length	2:49
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Bob Dylan
Producer(s)	Bob Johnston

Lyrical interpretation and reception

"As I Went Out One Morning" is a narrative song about a man who offers a hand to a woman in chains, but realizes that she wants more than he is offering, and that "she meant to do [him] harm." A character identified as Tom Paine then appears, "command[s] her to yield," and apologizes to the narrator for the woman's actions.[1]

Tom Paine as a figure may represent common sense or civil liberties, which the historical Tom Paine championed. However, it is also likely that this song references the prestigious Tom Paine Award that Dylan received in 1963 from the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. Dylan delivered an acceptance speech and was booed and rushed from the stage when he claimed to have empathy for some of Lee Harvey Oswald feelings.[2] This was followed by a letter from the ECLC and then a poem/letter from Dylan explaining his speech.[3]

In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon praise Dylan's vocal performance for "expressing a new maturity" not found on his earlier recordings and note that it is also "one of the first times he sings with vibrato".[4]

The song bears a resemblance to, and is perhaps influenced by, the W. H. Auden poem As I Walked Out One Evening, including sharing the same iambic meter and quatrain form.[5]

Live performance

Dylan has only performed the song live once, in 1974.[6]

References

External links

• As I Went Out One Morning lyric at BobDylan.com

На других языках

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«As I Went Out One Morning» es una canción compuesta por el cantante estadounidense Bob Dylan. Fue incluida en el álbum John Wesley Harding, editado el 27 de diciembre de 1967. Dylan sólo ha tocado la canción en directo una vez, a comienzos de la gira Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Tour.

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