See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
| See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Album | Bob Dylan | ||
| Format | Albumspor | ||
| Artist, band | Bob Dylan | ||
| Utgitt | 19. mars 1962 | ||
| Innspilt | November 1961 | ||
| Sjanger | Folkemusikk | ||
| Lengde | 2:43 | ||
| Språk | Engelsk | ||
| Plateselskap | Columbia | ||
| Komponist(er) | Blind Lemon Jefferson | ||
| Låtskriver(e) | Blind Lemon Jefferson | ||
| Produsent(er) | John H. Hammond | ||
«See That My Grave Is Kept Clean» er en klassisk blueslåt skrevet av Blind Lemon Jefferson. Sangen ble senere covret av Bob Dylan, på hans debutalbum, Bob Dylan. Han kom til å spille inn sangen enda en gang, denne gangen med The Band under The Basement Tapes-årene senere.
Andre artister som har covret låta er blant annet B. B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins (som "One Kind Favor"), Canned Heat, the Grateful Dead, Mike Bloomfield, Keiji Haino, Diamanda Galás, Meindert Talma & the Negroes, Lou Reed, Furry Lewis, Chrome Cranks, the Dream Syndicate, Dave Van Ronk, Mavis Staples og Thelonious Monster. Det britiske bandet Half Man Half Biscuit spilte inn en litt anderledes versjon av sangen, denne het «See That My Bike's Kept Clean», og ble utgitt på albumet Voyage to the Bottom of the Road, fra 1997.
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[rediger | rediger kilde]Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask for you
Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask for you
There's just one kind of favor I'll ask for you
You can see that my grave is kept clean
And there's two white horses following me
And there's two white horses following me
I got two white horses following me
Waiting on my burying ground
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Means another poor boy is under the ground
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Means another poor boy is dead and gone
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And I believe what the father told
And there's one last favor I'll ask for you
And there's one last favor I'll ask for you
And just one last favor I'll ask for you
You can see that my grave is kept clean