Bob Dylan And Patti Page Part 5 (and two fine Mississippis)

by Larry Fyffe

• Bob Dylan and Patti Page Part 1.
• Bob Dylan and Patti Page Part 2
• Bob Dylan and Patti Page Part 3
• Bob Dylan And Patti Page Part 4

A sentimental and rapturous love song:
And in the centre just you and me dear
My heart beats like a hammer
My arms wound around you tight
And the stars fell on Alabama last night
(Patti Page: Stars Fell On Alabama ~ Parish/Perkins)

Below, with a line slightly reworked, the atmosphere turns dark:

 

Stars fell over Alabama, I saw each one
You're walking in a dream whoever you are
Chilled are the skies, keen as frost
The ground's frozen hard, and the morning is lost
(Bob Dylan: 'Cross The Green Mountain ~ 'Tell Tell Signs' rendition)

Beneath, we’re surrounded again by a vision of happiness:

All I do is dream of you
The whole night through
And with the dawn I still go on
And dream of you
You're every thought, you're every thing
You're every song I ever sing
(Patti Page: All I Do Is Dream Of You ~ Freed/Brown)

Downcast the mood once more:

From a cheerless room
In a curtain gloom
I saw a star from heaven fall
I turned and looked again, but it was gone
All I have, and all I know
Is this dream of you
(Bob Dylan: This Dream Of You)

Brightness returns:

Now we never will roam
From the streets of Laredo
Never want to lose the spell
For here we fell in love
(Patti Page: Streets Of Laredo ~ Evans/Livingston)

A sad song follows:

As I walk out in the streets of Laredo
I walk out in Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen, and as cold as the clay
(Joan Baez: The Streets Of Laredo ~ traditional)

Likewise, sad be the lyrics beneath with a line borrowed from above:

Now the emptiness is endless, as cold as the clay
You can always come back, but you can't come back 
all the way
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
(Bob Dylan: Mississippi)

PS from Tony: please leave the video running; there’s a second fine version of Mississippi in the video that follows.

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