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16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan
<br />
17 Recorded Apr
24,
1963, at the last
<a class=
"recordlink" href=
"../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'
</a> session,
18 released on
<a class=
"recordlink" href=
"index.htm">The Bootleg Series
1-
3</a> (
1991)
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19 Tabbed by Eyolf
Østrem
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25 Oh, the age of the inmates
27 I remember quite freely:
29 No younger than twelve,
31 No older 'n seventeen.
33 Thrown in like bandits
35 And cast off like criminals,
39 on the grounds of Red Wing.
41 From the dirty old mess hall
42 You march to the brick wall,
44 And too tired to sing.
45 Oh, it's all afternoon
46 You remember your home town,
48 The walls of Red Wing.
50 Oh, the gates are cast iron
51 And the walls are barbed wire.
52 Stay far from the fence
53 With the 'lectricity sting.
54 And it's keep down your head
55 And stay in your number,
57 The walls of Red Wing.
59 Oh, it's fare thee well
60 To the deep hollow dungeon,
61 Farewell to the boardwalk
62 That takes you to the screen.
63 And farewell to the minutes
64 They threaten you with it,
66 The walls of Red Wing.
69 That stands around smilin',
75 The walls of Red Wing.
77 The night aimed shadows
78 Through the crossbar windows,
79 And the wind punched hard
80 To make the wall-siding sing.
81 It's many a night I pretended to be a-sleepin',
83 The walls of Red Wing.
85 As the rain rattled heavy
86 On the bunk-house shingles,
87 And the sounds in the night,
88 They made my ears ring.
89 'Til the keys of the guards
90 Clicked the tune of the morning,
92 The walls of Red Wing.
94 Oh, some of us'll end up
96 And some of us'll wind up
97 To be lawyers and things,
98 And some of us'll stand up
99 To meet you on your crossroads,
100 From inside the walls,
101 The walls of Red Wing.