Released: November 4, 2014
Songwriter: Traditional
Producer: Jan Haust Steve Berkowitz Jeff Rosen
I've travelled all over this world
And now to another I go
And I know I should find good quarters
To wait and welcome Le Beau
Welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau
To welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau
I know how good quarters are waitin'
For to welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau
When I'm dead and laid out on the counter
A voice you will hear from below
Sayin', "Send out a hogshead of whiskey
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau"
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
Sayin', "Send out a hogshead of whiskey
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau"
Then get you half a dozen smart fellows
Let them all stagger an' go
And dig a great hole in the meadow
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And in it put Roison Le Beau
Go dig you a hole in the meadow
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And get you a half dozen barrels
Put water at me head and me toes
With a diamond ring scratch in upon it
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
With a diamond ring scratch in upon it
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
I hear that old tyrant approachin'
That cruel remorseless foe
And I lift up me glass in his honor
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
And I lift up my glass in his honor
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
And now to another I go
And I know I should find good quarters
To wait and welcome Le Beau
Welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau
To welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau
I know how good quarters are waitin'
For to welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau
When I'm dead and laid out on the counter
A voice you will hear from below
Sayin', "Send out a hogshead of whiskey
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau"
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
Sayin', "Send out a hogshead of whiskey
To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau"
Then get you half a dozen smart fellows
Let them all stagger an' go
And dig a great hole in the meadow
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And in it put Roison Le Beau
Go dig you a hole in the meadow
And in it put Roison Le Beau
And get you a half dozen barrels
Put water at me head and me toes
With a diamond ring scratch in upon it
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
With a diamond ring scratch in upon it
With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau
I hear that old tyrant approachin'
That cruel remorseless foe
And I lift up me glass in his honor
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
And I lift up my glass in his honor
Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau
more tracks from the album
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
- Tiny Montgomery
- Try Me Little Girl
- Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby
- One Man’s Loss
- I’m Your Teenage Prayer
- Big Dog
- See You Later Allen Ginsberg (Take 2)
- See You Later Allen Ginsberg (Take 1)
- I’m a Fool for You (Take 2)
- I’m a Fool for You (Take 1)
- Po’ Lazarus
- I’m Guilty of Loving You
- Ol’ Roison the Beau
- Under Control
- Roll on Train
- Edge of the Ocean
- Sign on the Cross
- Don’t You Try Me Now
From the album
Bob Dylan & The Band popular songs
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Tears of Rage
- Katie’s Been Gone
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
- Bessie Smith
- Long Distance Operator
- Ruben Remus
- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
- Odds and Ends
- Million Dollar Bash
- Goin’ to Acapulco
- Lo and Behold!
- Clothes Line Saga
- Apple Suckling Tree
- Please, Mrs. Henry
- Too Much of Nothing
- Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
- Ain’t No More Cane
- Tiny Montgomery
- Don’t Ya Tell Henry
- Nothing Was Delivered
- Open the Door, Homer