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Restless Farewell
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Wikipedia article
"'Restless Farewell'" is a song by Bob Dylan, released as the final track on his third studio album 'The Times They Are a-Changin' in 1964. The melody is based on the Scottish folk song "The Parting Glass".
Notable performances
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, at the request of Sinatra himself. It was the only performance in the special of a song that Sinatra had not recorded.
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.
See also
List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes
References
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