# Hey, Mr. Tamborine Man... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091 "2002-11-22T03:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/1 "2002-11-22T03:45:28Z")
Who did the original of this song? Everyone seems to know the Byrds’ verion. But, the Byrds’ version is so small. Dylan’s version has so many extra verses. Does Dylan get the credit? - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/2 "2002-11-22T04:00:23Z")
Yep, it’s a **Bob Dylan** song, one of well over a dozen Dylan songs that **The Byrds** performed. np Bob Dylan - Girl From The North Country ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/3 "2002-11-22T14:31:19Z")
Great Dylan lyrics! “To dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea circled by the circus sands with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves Let’s forget about today until tomorrow” I hate hearing the shortened versions of this song. They leave out the best stuff. True Hibbings opaqueness! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/4 "2002-11-22T18:10:06Z")
The line “…these ancient empty streets too dead for dreaming” really resonated when I went to college in Williamsburg, VA. I’m not being facetious. I found it very depressing to live there. What a great song. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/5 "2002-11-22T18:30:47Z")
Bob also wrote The Watchtower, which is all-too-often assumed to have originated with Hendrix. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/6 "2002-11-22T18:38:09Z")
And don’t forget **The Mighty Quin** which is associated with Manfred Mann. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/7 "2002-11-22T18:47:09Z")
“All Along the Watchtower” and “Quinn the Eskimo” to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mr-tamborine-man/138091/8 "2002-11-22T19:11:32Z")
anybody else ever think that “Shelter from the storm” was sung by Gimli in tribute to Galadriel?