Lot #8014

Bob Dylan Handwritten and Signed Lyrics for 'A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall'

Description

"It’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard rain gonna fall"

Incredible handwritten lyrics by Bob Dylan for his brilliant, hard-driving ballad, "A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall," one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica letterhead, written in black ink and signed neatly at the conclusion, "Bob Dylan, 2013."

The lyrics begin:

"Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? Where have you been, my darling young one?
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I’ve walked and I’ve crawled
on six crooked highways. Stepped in the middle of seven sad forests. Been
out in front of a dozen dead oceans. Been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a
graveyard and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard rain gonna fall"

In very fine condition. Accompanied by a 2014 letter of authenticity from Jeff Rosen, president of the Bob Dylan Music Company, in full: "I represent Bob Dylan. This letter will certify that the hand-written lyrics to A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, contained herein, is an authentic Bob Dylan manuscript, signed and dated in his own hand."

Originally recorded for his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), 'A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall' is characterized by symbolist imagery that communicates the pain and suffering of war-torn modernity. One of his most lyrically rich and complex early songs, 'A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall' remains one of the great and most idiosyncratic protest songs in Dylan's oeuvre. In very fine condition.

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Marvels of Modern Music
• Dates: #648 - Ended November 17, 2022

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