Bob Dylan, "Girl From the North Country" on Canadian TV (Feb. 1964)

[@JeffreyNagelbush]

My favorite Dylan song. And I love many of them.

[@gilbertsoupras5669]

Same

[@Whatzzzz999]

He stole 'Scarborough Fair' for this song. A complete lift. He stole quite a lot of traditional English folk tunes/songs in fact in the early days, re-worked them, and got royalties as the 'composer'. It was just a phase, he grew out of it!

[@whaguitars]

100% Early Dylan was the best.

[@agnsthwnd1941]

A world treasure. So fortunate to have grown up with his song from the earliest days to the present. Thank you, Bob Dylan.

[@BobDylan-091]

Thank you so much for listening to me, you made me do better each time I held unto the mic... I love you❤

[@JetaimeElizabethmorganHi-qh6vw]

This is a special Beautiful song especially love when Johnny Cash and Bob sang this song together ,being good friends was special ,complemented one another in a most unique and beautiful song one of my favorites

[@BobDylan-091]

Oh my darling, music is huge connection and I see one another as family, I love diving in new waters and collaboration only makes me improve, I always want to put smiles on you'll face my wonderful lovers... And I hope I can do more for you. I love you❤

[@CelticGypsy-USA]

They had a real rapport on and off stage

[@lindsaypyykonen8424]

Beautiful, thank you for sharing!

[@BobDylan-091]

Thank you also for listening and loving me, you're a rare gem and I'm glad to call you a member of the family. I love you❤

[@georgeesau3943]

The greatest singer ever, even if he had never written a word. IMO.

[@imbecilexsavant]

The greatest poet even if never sang a word

[@imbecilexsavant]

Imo😊

[@ritchiekidd1628]

60 year old video ....timeless>>>>>>>>>>>.

[@peterlaidler3895]

I played his Free wheelin LP throughout my youth. Still have it. Great artist. Thanks for posting this

[@Camothor10]

One of his best

[@williambefort5327]

The setting marvelously re-creates the now almost vanished world of isolated crews of men - seamen, loggers, soldiers, railwaymen, miners, surveyors - that so many shared and served in for longer or shorter periods of their lives in centuries now gone by.

[@hamdangus]

Reminds me of the time I was working for a while on a fishing boat right outside of Delacroix.

[@lesleyjohnson5691]

There are "man camps" building the oil and LNG pipelines across Canada now, threatening the Indigenous peoples whose lands they are crossing. Incidents of rape and murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) are associated with these camps of men. Will anyone write songs about that?

[@EmRauen]

So glad I came across this timeless jewel. 💖

[@BobDylan-091]

And I'm so happy I came across you my wonderful family, you'll have become more than just fans to me but my family, each time I'm down, I always see reasons to cheer up and come up with something beautiful for you... I love you❤

[@anagraffik24]

My husband loved this song. He died last year. We used to listen to it through the sixties. Thank you

[@Aardworm-Jim]

Sending digital love! ❤ The pain will stay, but it will get easier over time.

[@meninagreen5704]

​@Aardworm-Jim You are right. I was inconsolable after my husband died. I do many things, some enjoyable, but the pain STAYS.

[@AbrahamRiesman]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Briank51132]

Thank you for sharing this gem. I was fortunate to see Dylan in 1965 at the Philadelphia Civic Center. After intermission Joan Baez walked on to perform with Bob A life changing music event for me.

[@stephenmisrael]

Such an early Dylan performance. A gift.

[@marklentz1095]

This song is so, so good. Hits perfectly. One of his absolute best and that is saying something for Bob.

[@lizmorgan5463]

I was teenager in that year and grew up listening to Bob ,,so pleased to have been in that era

[@BobDylan-091]

I wish I would be young forever so I can thrill your old age too and your children's children... Thank you Liz for your kind words❤

[@jamesewanchook2276]

This is a small section of a full length program which includes the rest of Bob's seminal songs... with good Canadian lumberjacks and miners hanging out in the bunk house.... smoking regular tabbacy, drinking Old Style Beer, and just enjoying!!!

[@peterritchie2990]

The full length program is a jewel. Many old recognizable CBC faces. Wonderful performance by a very young man. But I always thought it was a home for the down and out, not a lumberjack or miner bunkhouse. Anybody know?

[@jamesewanchook2276]

​@@peterritchie2990 hardworking lumberjacks and miners back then, usually wound up on skid road ... I speak of my own Uncles and Dad's friends. Cheers...and yes, I too revere this performance.

[@peterritchie2990]

@@jamesewanchook2276 I’m sure you’re right James. I used to work around Main and Hastings about 50 years ago in Vancouver. A lot of hard living lumber men there. Nevertheless this production is a gem - not well known but a gem. 👍

[@jamesewanchook2276]

@@peterritchie2990 God bless and heartfelt sounds...

[@c_kennmusic5737]

Incredibly rendered live...guitar, harmonica and wonderfully restrained vocal. Wow.

[@brucewhitworth6047]

Bob, you are simply what keeps me going.

[@sanderson9515]

At 22, Bob's already improved his skills on the fret-board. Makes this fan proud to be a Minn. native.

[@BobDylan-091]

Ooh yea my friend, I tried to improve myself each time I got the chance to sing my melodic poetry, I just want to make you'll happy and I'm glad I'm doing that.... only if I could live forever 😂

[@peterhijm]

!966 DE Dreef Wapenveld, Paul Mulder playing Bob Dylan, thank you Paul, much appreciated!

[@ToddAndelin]

Dylan is fantastic here as usual... his phrasing is perfect

[@BobDylan-091]

You got good ears and that's how you know I'm amazing too... Thank you for your kind words❤

[@vincentcostello9103]

Simple yet compelling, keep looking for these gems by Bob,

[@BobDylan-091]

I'd keep been a gem for you my friend, you're also an amazing support to me and my career, I just love you so much❤... I hope we get to hug some day❤

[@venetia6296]

I love this song. Thank you ✌️

[@BobDylan-091]

Thank you so much venetia, I also love you so much, you're one of the reason I keep it going and I hope I thrill you more as I get the chance to... You're wonderful and amazing, I love you from the moon to the back❤

[@celticrubbish]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@Mr-tj6vv]

素晴らしい映像有り難う！！ 哀愁を感じます。 ディランのフリーホイーリンのレコードをよく聞いています！ 私は日本人です！

[@gegesoleil5446]

Une merveille cette chanson. Et Dylan une légende

[@BobDylan-091]

Thank you so much sweetheart, those words means alot to me, I just want you to know I love you❤

[@wildmountainthyme4123]

Thanks for sharing this. Wonderful performance!

[@Jacky-h5r]

Yes mr Robert zimmerman ,alias BOB Dylan is for me fan from first Day...many long time ago the best songwritter and guitarist folk in m'y génération since really. Thanks BOB from girl of north country and your sublim voice.....old fan. JACKYFAN. french.

[@highlander5170]

I was 13 when this came out I first heard Dylan in 1964 "The Times They Are a-Changin' I am now 73 its been quite the ride but I got to see him perform twice. My how time goes by.

[@pitspro]

... same ... 50th birthday in Sydney ... playing cards to Bob Dylan in 1970 as Desolation Row played etc ... certainly part of my life ... now like you 73 ... and I also saw him twice ...

[@michaelfinn1317]

Beautiful singing and great playing by the lead. Many thanks.

[@jane---489]

*_When you're in the presence of utter greatness ..._*

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

What a little rare gem. Lovely.

[@TheCosmicAlchemist]

Thank you for all you are to the world! You are adored unconditionally and so loved.

[@BobDylan-091]

Thank You my friend, you're also a wonderful soul, I can't do all this without you and your love... You deserve a warm hug from me my friend... ❤

[@svenamsterdam3501]

The Beatles just exploded in America...wow, the times really were a changin'!

[@ksb994]

Simply stated, he is beyond words in his impact in a positive uplifting way on humanity, even as our “sense of humanity has gone down the drain”. That’s the genius: To shine light through the darkness, universally.

[@chriswright3179]

That was a time when folk was changing. It had been about singing the songs of the past, the folk memory. Bob Dylan showed it was about the present. He wrote his own folk songs. Although 'the Girl from the North Country' was, indeed, Dylan's song, 'Strawberry Fair' was Simon and Garfunkel's version of a traditional song. There are many examples of influence and sharing of words and lines from one folk singer to another. The songs of my youth; i was eleven at the beginning of the sixties.

[@eecortese]

"Scarborough Fair"

[@chriswright3179]

@eecortese Thanks for the correction. Different bits of my life. My first hitchhike was from Scarborough to Otley after a few days' youth hostelling on the Yorkshire coast. Later I lived in Sutton on the Isle and Strawberry Fair was a big deal.

[@eecortese]

@@chriswright3179 - You are welcome. I've always been a big fan of both Dylan and S & G. Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire beautiful regions of England. Many years ago in my hometown of Nutley, NJ, every May there was held an event by the name of the "Strawberry Festival." Many fond memories as a boy. Happy Holidays to you and all the best in the New Year.

[@remalim9471]

Dylan, you are awesome 😊

[@BobDylan-091]

You're also amazing, this means the world to me, thank you so much for loving and showing me all the care and affection in the world ❤

[@NYCNAP]

This is incredible

[@tweet81]

this is the best version...

[@dwbonny3210]

This one goes out to Joan, of course, wherever up north she may be, after all these years…

[@alistairmckee9561]

Still serving Someone , still giving his self to You, still riffing off his best poetry and taking it into an old country with a new generation. Let those lyrics play in your imagination and go forth with truth, beauty, love, kindness snd courage. It's your world now. We did our best but must have taken a wrong turn. Make sure you learn from our mistakes. Connect locally while staying observant. Justice & peace is always the dream.

[@bonnieKofmehl-i1z]

Amen sir, well said. Thank you

[@randystein7374]

Being from Minnesota, this is a favorite of mine.

[@BobDylan-091]

We are the stars of the North, it's a a great thing to be from a great place. I love you❤

[@stevem-h5e]

It's not about you. At least until you shave off that mustache.

[@tomdale1313]

thxs for sharing...glad he did not go down the way Elvis did

[@VeraluciaDaSilvaBritoRufo]

Amo o cantor Bob Dylan ❤❤❤❤

[@LDWAmericanObserver]

Bobby ❤️

[@mariat4812]

To all the haters on his voice take a listen ❤

[@ericheine2414]

"She once was a true love of mine" the line is in Girl From The North country. The same line is in Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel. I pointed this out to Bob Johnston. He said only I would notice that because I'm a Wordsmith. I saw the studio logs from Nashville Skyline. Every song on that album was done on the first take except for two which were done on the second take. I told Johnston that Dylan was so good that anybody could have recorded him. Johnston said to me " I did it and I didn't fuck it up." I said "Oh my God that's the perfect answer." We both started laughing because it's the truth. To capture the artist and let the artist be themselves is what recording is all about. Bob Johnston recorded Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel and did a good job with both of them.

[@martinamanecke3622]

Although Simon & Garfunkel claimed "Scarborough Fair" to be their creation, it is an old traditional.

[@Mandrake591]

@@martinamanecke3622They took credit for the arrangement, which is superb. McGuinn did that with some older trad songs too, it was a common thing to do, and a way for the artist to get paid. 😊

[@gudlisner501]

@@Mandrake591. They lifted Martin Carthy’s, the English folk singer, version making very few real changes.

[@GRZsonya]

🎉🎉🎉

[@thearab59]

Martin Carthy did eventually get paid by Paul Simon, after many years of confusion and failures to communicate. Dylan lifted much less of Scarborough Fair, and I don't think Carthy ever had an issue with him.​@gudlisner501

[@RickardAgren]

Oh what a thrill

[@1DaTJo]

The very best ❤

[@simonshanahan8112]

I don't remember seeing many, if any, other videos of him finger-picking. This song is not far from "Don't Think Twice" and the mystery of who played the finger picked guitar on it.

[@taragreenetarotastro]

this was a Torronto CBC production, I wonder who the men in the background were. Dylan is fantastic.

[@josiasjesse9944]

Um verdadeiro poeta da música sensacional quem curtiu, assim como eu foi um presente.

[@majorscope]

Is this the best version of this song he ever recorded?.

[@tomconnor2838]

And with Dylan finger-picking, which I don't think I've ever seen a clip of him doing until this. "A gem," as some of your responders have written. Do you know where it was shot? Many thanks!

[@nomecognome9307]

Footage with very bright image definition. *Have you* the possibility to also put the footage of *all the other songs* sung by Dylan on Canadian TV (Feb. 1964) ? On KZbin with the same excellent definition ? It would be a "Heart Lifting"

[@Jay-f7m3h]

I weep.

[@alejandroacevedo9409]

This is really him at his best

[@robertd8351]

1964? Not familiar with that TV show Quest but the song was first released in 69, I think. Nonetheless a beautiful film really. Thank you for that.

[@noonebutHimallways]

Girl from north country was on freewheelin’

[@johncahill1985]

When does it with Johnny cash I think it’s the greatest song of all time to different musicians and they made the perfect song together. Him and Johnny Cash are very very good together. They were actually great music now all this crap on the radio. There’s no good music out there anymore.

[@texomajohn2916]

Seems like the right song to sing if you are in Canada

[@BobDylan-091]

I have more beautiful songs to sing in Canada and every part of the world... We are a global family and we can be heard from every corners of the earth❤

[@stevem-h5e]

Not really. He mentions that the wind hits heavy on the borderline (and even heavier past the border in Canada). So he's talking Minnesota.

[@unfluster]

What happened to the sound?

[@lukegraham317]

I think anyone always has the 'they were true love of mine' ❤love is undying even if it smooths out......also side note this looks like rocky training in Soviet russia😅

[@80sOGRE]

I wonder if he use to play this and Boots of Spanish leather together ?

[@monielpowell6086]

💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕

[@mariat4812]

Peace love and joy🫶🏻

[@sleepydoglee]

[Verse 1] If you’re travelin' in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there For she once was a true love of mine [Verse 2] If you go when the snowflakes storm When the rivers freeze and summer ends Please see she has a coat so warm To keep her from the howling winds [Verse 3] Please see if her hair hangs long If it rolls and flows all down her breast Please see for me if her hair's hangin' long For that’s the way I remember her best [Verse 4] I’m a-wondering if she remembers me at all Many times I’ve often prayed In the darkness of my night In the brightness of my day

[@BobDylan-091]

This is hilarious, I can't imagine I wrote this❤😂

[@sleepydoglee]

@@BobDylan-091 🤣

[@BobDylan-091]

@@sleepydoglee you're such a huge fan, you should be a member of my fan page and I hope we could have coffee together one of these days

[@darlenealessio7609]

Bob's Elston Gunn era is timeless as well Give a listen to pretty Saro beautiful video housed in library of congress timeless

[@tomdale1313]

good tune and sung so good by Bob, with a voice made for such great music

[@timfronimos459]

why the low volume?

[@83BLC]

Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather : same melody, different lyrics.

[@Christian-qr5yc]

I was thinking that today and now i see your comment. Life...

[@nancybez]

I was looking for your comment, lol.

[@sheviminvielle]

How about Good Old "Hill Street Bill's"?

[@BobDylan-091]

😂 You're amazing, having the track record of time ❤

[@elmagodelmaryahoo]

Lovely "cabin-bound" acoustic performance, with Dylan at 23....!!!..... And later revived in a very soulful version with Johnny Cash five years later on the 1969 release of the *_'Nashville Skyline'_* LP.....👌 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJaXdpptbL6GiaM ☮

[@dougcorrigan]

What a girl that Joni.

[@lemurianchick]

I highly doubt it was Joan Baez. I think it was Echo from Minnesota. That's north country!

[@andaolsen1539]

I would have been turning 12.

[@BobDylan-091]

I also want to be young again and do every thing the young people do.... You're amazing my beautiful lady❤

[@christopherdavison652]

A rare song where he fingerpicks.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Amazing! I believe Bob later dropped the finger-picking style for some reason. It seems to be fine here!

[@oppothumbs1]

Hi everyone

[@jacobsamorodin9937]

Minnesota is not far from Canada.

[@jc5852]

That looks like a young Gordon Lightfoot sitting in the background.

[@johnbland714]

The BBc would have deleted this & george & mildred over it !!

[@mariat4812]

Want to like all the covers just can't... ❤BD 4eva

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

The room smelled heavy from drinking.

[@davidotness6199]

Nice northwoods setting, a logging or mining camp, bunch of lonely for home men.

[@nerazzurr1s]

my guess the north country fair is either the canadian national exhibition or more likely the Royal winter fair did hang in TO a lot ....... does mention winter

[@michaelmiller7160]

I know purists will differ but this is not nearly as good as his remake on Nashville Skyline. And Dylan's voice was so much better but it's the production that suffers here.

[@IsaacFilikitonga-g7k]

I didny know he could fingerpick guitar, i always thought joan baez did the fingerpicking stuff for him.

[@abhimanyukumar13d]

Probably the best version the song

[@matth7744]

I like the version with Johnny cash as a duet but yes this is a good version

[@abhimanyukumar13d]

@matth7744 yes that is excellent as well

[@kithubback3257]

Supposedly based on a traditional English song, maybe Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme??!!

[@stephencopping9953]

You should check out Roy Harper his version was taken from the original folk song English I think!

[@ericschmuecker348]

I thought this was about my ex-wife.

[@TheDjwilliams013]

spanish boots

[@davidgraichen982]

Simon & Garfunkel came after Zimmerman.

[@Sidonielaver-hv2xk]

Dosn't matter.

[@peterkline7137]

I think he's miming, it's too close to the record.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

Miming? Well in that case he's the world's best mimic. If Bob's pulling off this level of mime as a kid back in '64... then even more props to the 'Dyl'.. However... this is only a small segment of a 30 minute program of Bob serenading a CBC Bunkhouse full of miners and loggers... Notable is that 23 year old Bob is so poised and professional and handling the pressure or live TV. ... that's amazing and unheard of today! ] Cheers from Vancouver!

[@Hearsticles]

He fucks up the fingering on his chords a couple of times in true Dylan fashion, definitely live

[@stanby2712]

Hmmm…. I think not! I don’t think it possible to lip sync and bilaterally finger sync to this level; every word and note is minutely accurate. Also, I’ve never seen or heard of any suggestion that Dylan ever mimed; he seems to have always been a bit of a purist. This is a live performance!

[@trebleclef169]

This is a half step down from the recording at least. Different harmonica solos and vocal inflection here too.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

@@trebleclef169 he's live and at his best...

[@michaelmiller7160]

hi. test

[@oppothumbs1]

I know purists will differ but this is not nearly as good as his remake on Nashville Skyline. And Dylan's voice was so much better but it's the production that suffers here.