"Restless Farewell" | ||||
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Song by Bob Dylan from the album The Times They Are a-Changin' | ||||
Released | January 13, 1964 | |||
Recorded | October 31, 1963 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 5:32 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Bob Dylan | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Wilson | |||
The Times They Are a-Changin' track listing | ||||
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10 tracks |
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"Restless Farewell" is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his 3rd studio album The Times They Are a-Changin' in 1964. It is based on the Irish folk song The Parting Glass. In 1995 Dylan performed the song live as part of the Sinatra: 80 Years My Way television special celebrating entertainer Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday.
In 1968, Joan Baez covered it on her all-Dylan double album, Any Day Now. De Dannan recorded it on their 1991 release Half Set in Harlem. Robbie O'Connell performed the song as a member of Clancy, O'Connell, and Clancy on their 1997 self-titled album. On the 2012 compilation album Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International the song was covered by Mark Knopfler.
List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes