Lo and Behold! Lyrics
I never felt so good.
My woman said she'd meet me there
And of course, I knew she would.
The coachman, he hit me for my hook
And he asked me my name.
I give it to him right away,
Then I hung my head in shame.
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
Get me outa here, my dear man!
At six-thirty flat.
I found myself a vacant seat
An' I put down my hat.
"What's the matter, Molly, dear,
What's the matter with your mound?"
"What's it to ya, Moby Dick?
This is chicken town!"
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
Get me outa here, my dear man!
A herd of moose,
One she could call her own.
Well, she came out the very next day
To see where they had flown.
I'm goin' down to Tennessee,
Get me a truck 'r somethin'.
Gonna save my money and rip it up!
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
Get me outa here, my dear man!
An' boys, I sure was slick.
I come in like a ton of bricks,
Laid a few tricks on 'em.
Goin' back to Pittsburgh,
Count up to thirty,
Round that horn and ride that herd,
Gonna thread up!
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
Get me outa here, my dear man!
this song is great.
that's a deep analysis
that's a deep analysis
For a very in-depth analysis of the lyrics of this song, check out Greil Marcus' book "Weird Old America."
Useful tip--thanks! (but I'll bet GM is guessing thru his hat...)
Useful tip--thanks! (but I'll bet GM is guessing thru his hat...)
Found great gobs of Shakespeare in the Basement Tapes in general; this baby refers in multiple places to Antony and Cleopatra, e.g. punchline of "Get me out of here, my dear man" referring to Marc Antony's botched suicide, and his asking servant to help finish it. "Count up to 30" refers to 30 BC when the two died. "What's the matter with your mounds"=breasts of course, Cleopatra's, but the "matter" is the asp's poison. "San Antone" hints at Marc Antony's name, etc. "And of course I knew she WILL" (above lyrics incorrect) is not just Dylan doing a "hillbilly", it hints at Shakespeare, as does "William's Point" in "Crash on the Levee" (and mimics Shakespeare's own "will" puns--frequent!)