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This is a good question. In one sense, "Spanish boots of Spanish leather", has a far-away romantic mysterious suggestiveness, at least to American's who haven't traveled much. Bob Dylan had proba...
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CodeFarmer
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2022-11-23T18:32:58Z (almost 2 years ago)
Clean up grammer.
- This is a good question.
- In one sense, "Spanish boots of Spanish leather", has a far-away romantic mysterious suggestiveness, at least to American's who haven't traveled much. Bob Dylan had probably traveled some by the time the song was written, but most of his audience of that era probably hadn't traveled much and took the phrase to evoke the interesting mix of a material request and still some romantic quality.
- In addition there might be more specific references that I'm unaware of. :-)
- **11-23-2022 Update:**
Okay, I finally found a more specific reference that is reasonably likely that Bob Dylan would have heard, know about, and draw from. Woody Guthrie's version of "Gypsy Davy" contains the line "take off your gloves of Spanish leather".
- This is a good question.
- In one sense, "Spanish boots of Spanish leather", has a far-away romantic mysterious suggestiveness, at least to American's who haven't traveled much. Bob Dylan had probably traveled some by the time the song was written, but most of his audience of that era probably hadn't traveled much and took the phrase to evoke the interesting mix of a material request and still some romantic quality.
- In addition there might be more specific references that I'm unaware of. :-)
- **11-23-2022 Update:**
- Okay, I finally found a more specific reference that is reasonably likely that Bob Dylan would have heard, and draw from. Woody Guthrie's version of "Gypsy Davy" contains the line "take off your gloves of Spanish leather".
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CodeFarmer
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2022-11-23T18:31:45Z (almost 2 years ago)
Add a reference to Woody Guthrie's Gypsy Davy
- This is a good question.
- In one sense, "Spanish boots of Spanish leather", has a far-away romantic mysterious suggestiveness, at least to American's who haven't traveled much. Bob Dylan had probably traveled some by the time the song was written, but most of his audience of that era probably hadn't traveled much and took the phrase to evoke the interesting mix of a material request and still some romantic quality.
In addition there might be more specific references that I'm unaware of. :-)
- This is a good question.
- In one sense, "Spanish boots of Spanish leather", has a far-away romantic mysterious suggestiveness, at least to American's who haven't traveled much. Bob Dylan had probably traveled some by the time the song was written, but most of his audience of that era probably hadn't traveled much and took the phrase to evoke the interesting mix of a material request and still some romantic quality.
- In addition there might be more specific references that I'm unaware of. :-)
- **11-23-2022 Update:**
- Okay, I finally found a more specific reference that is reasonably likely that Bob Dylan would have heard, know about, and draw from. Woody Guthrie's version of "Gypsy Davy" contains the line "take off your gloves of Spanish leather".
#1: Initial revision
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CodeFarmer
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2022-06-10T19:32:27Z (over 2 years ago)
This is a good question. In one sense, "Spanish boots of Spanish leather", has a far-away romantic mysterious suggestiveness, at least to American's who haven't traveled much. Bob Dylan had probably traveled some by the time the song was written, but most of his audience of that era probably hadn't traveled much and took the phrase to evoke the interesting mix of a material request and still some romantic quality. In addition there might be more specific references that I'm unaware of. :-)