By Larry Fyffe
Though it may be by mere coincidence, seems that singer/songwriter Bob Dylan not only borrows rhymes, often twisting the around a bit, from songs and poems by others. And he borrows them from his own works too, giving them a twist as well.
In the song verse below, end-rhymed be ~ ‘dawn’/’gone’/’on’:
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window, I'll be gone You're the reason I'm a-travelling on (Bob Dylan: Don't Think Twice, It's all Right)
In the following song lyrics, ‘dawn’/’on’ be the rhyme:
Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn Everybody's shouting, 'Which side are you on?' (Bob Dylan: Desolation Row)
In the song lyrics below, rhymed be ~ ‘dawn’/’gone’:
They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn Honey, you wouldn't know it by me Every day's been darkness since you've been gone (Bob Dylan: Meet Me In The Morning)
Internally rhymed be ~ ‘swan’/’on’ in the following song yrics:
The swan on the river goes gliding by The swan on the river goes gliding by (Bob Dylan: The Ballad Of The Gliding Swan ~ Dylan/Jones)* (*May be from traditional song)
Below, an end-twist thereon ~ ‘dawn’/’swan’:
My heart's in the Highland at the break of dawn By the beautiful Lake of the Black Swan (Bob Dylan: Highland)
In the lyrics below, the end-rhyme is ~ ‘arrive’/’survive’:
I'll be waiting at the station for her to arrive Seven more days, all I gotta do is survive (Bob Dylan: Seven Days)
Selfie-referenced in the following lyrics with the twist ~ ‘arrived’/’survived’:
There's new day at dawn, and I finally arrived If I'm there in the morning, baby, you'll know I survived (Bob Dylan: Where Are You Tonight)
In the song lyrics beneath, the rhyme sequence is ~ ‘spirit’/’hear it’:
It's the ways of the flesh to war against the spirit Twenty-four hours a day, you can feel it, and you can hear it (Bob Dylan: Solid Rock)
In the following lyrics, it’s ~ ‘hear it’/’spirit’:
Got the right spirit, you can feel it, and you can hear it You've got what they call 'the immortal spirit' (Bob Dylan: My Own Version Of You)
Below, rhymed be ~ ‘road’/’explodes’:
The fiddler he now steps to the road ..... While my conscience explodes (Bob Dylan: Visions Of Johanna)
But below it’s ~ ‘explode’/’road’:
To live it you have to explode .... Sacrifice was the code of the road (Bob Dylan: Where Are You Tonight)
In the next song lyrics, rhymed is ~ ‘concertina’/’Angelina’:
Where the current is strong, and the monkey dances To the tune of the concertina.... But whatever it could be, makes me think you've seen me before Angelina (Bob Dylan: Angelina)
However, the rhyme’s borrowed from a verse by another songwriter ~ ‘Angelina”/’concertina’:
Angelina, Angelina Please bring down your concertina And play a welcome for me 'cause I'll be home from the sea (Harry Belafonte: Angelina ~ Burgie)
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