Ballad of Hollis Brown

    "Ballad of Hollis Brown" is a blues song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1964 on his third album THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'. The song tells the story of a South Dakota farmer who, overwhelmed by the desperation of poverty, kills his wife, children and then himself.

France, 1965. French lyrics by Pierre Delanoë and Hugues Aufray, Société Intercontinentale de Musique. Released on the LP AUFRAY CHANTE DYLAN (1965).

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