Boots Of Spanish Leather - Ukulele (cover)

This one is for Robin (BaronK69).

A song from Bob Dylan's album "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1964). My version has a bit more in common with the Nanci Griffith version.

However, both Bob Dylan and Nanci Griffith fingerpick this song throughout, but I decided to use a continuous strum. I have added a little of the ambient camera audio to the mic recording to give a fuller, crisper sound quality.

I play it in Bb (ukulele tuned a full step lower). I tried it with harmonica but decided not to use it.

You can download the MP3 here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?viurzxndjmg

Here are Dylan's lyrics:

Oh, I'm sailin' away my own true love,
I'm sailin' away in the morning.
Is there something I can send you from across the sea,
From the place that I'll be landing?

No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love,
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'.
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled,
From across that lonesome ocean.

Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Made of silver or of golden,
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Or from the coast of Barcelona.

Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean,
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss,
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.

That I might be gone a long time
And it's only that I'm askin',
Is there something I can send you to remember me by,
To make your time more easy passin'.

Oh, how can, how can you ask me again,
It only brings me sorrow.
The same thing I want from you today,
I would want again tomorrow.

I got a letter on a lonesome day,
It was from her ship a-sailin',
Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again,
It depends on how I'm a-feelin'.

Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way,
I'm sure your mind is roamin'.
I'm sure your heart is not with me,
But with the country to where you're goin'.

So take heed, take heed of the western wind,
Take heed of the stormy weather.
And yes, there's something you can send back to me,
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.

Copyright ©1963

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• middleton
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• dylan
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• spanish
• leather
• nanci
• griffith

[TheCoughlm]

Hey sir, nicely done! This song sounds sooo good on the uke, makes it sound more maritime-ish... Thanks for sharing.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@TheCoughlm Haha. Nice comment. Thanks.

[RandomCorporation]

Beautiful, simply beautiful. Brought a tear to my eye =')

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@RandomCorporation Thanks for watching.

[FlyingLD3]

Man, that's great! Thanks for sharing.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@FlyingLD3 Thanks very much.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@aldershot84 Thanks very much.

[aldershot84]

Brilliant cover. Really enjoyed it.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@negativeonesquared Thanks for listening.

[negativeonesquared]

Fantastic! This is a great recording. I was looking for a good recording of this on ukulele. Bob Dylan is epic.