Bob Dylan

Released: August 30, 2005

Songwriter: Traditional

Producer: Jeff Rosen Steve Berkowitz

Well, I wish I was in London
Or some other seaport town
I'd put my foot on a steamboat
I'd sail the ocean 'round

While sailing 'round the ocean
While sailing 'round the sea
I'd think of handsome Molly
Wherever she might be

Don't you remember, Molly
You gave me your right hand?
You said whenever you'd marry
I would be the man

But you broke your promise
Go with whom you please
My poor heart is aching
You are at your ease

I went to church last Sunday
Molly came ridin' by
I could tell her mind was changin'
By the rovin' of her eye

I go down to the river
Though everyone's asleep
I think of handsome Molly
An' I begin to weep

So I wish I was in London
Or some other seaport town
I'd put my foot on a steamboat
I'd sail the ocean 'round

Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman May 24, 1941), is an American singer-songwriter, writer, and artist who has influenced popular music and culture for more than five decades. Dylan has especially played a critical role in the American folk music revival.

Dylan’s songs are built from myriad political, social, philosophical and literary influences. Many of his anti-war and civil-rights-influenced songs set social unrest, as journalists widely named him the “spokesman for his generation” in the 1960s.

The musician has a signature change in voice and style in many different albums of his throughout the decades. He has notably explored and experimented with the genres of folk, rap, blues, and rock.

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