The Byrd's were prolific Dylan coverers back in the day and they did covers the way covers are meant to be done i.e. in the style which is typical of the band doing the covering and not simply imitation in order to make a few cheap bucks. This is one of my favourite of said covers, not because it is exceptionally extravagant or technically superior but because it is a simple and honest rendition of a simple and honest song. Enjoy:
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
Sruck by the sounds before the sun
I knew the night had gone
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
Against the drums of dawn
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
The ocean wild like an organ played
The seaweed wove its strands
The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed
Against the rocks and sands
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
The last of leaves fell from the trees
And clung to a new love's breast
The branches bare like a banjo played
To the winds that listened best
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum