Sunday, September 22, 2024

"You Won't Have to Cry"

I listened to Mr. Tambourine Man yester-day and noticed a handful of small features.

In the lines "Then, girl, you will see / That you won't have to cry / Anymore" in "You Won't Have to Cry," the "-more" of "Anymore" is sung with a melisma (E D#), giving a sense of its meaning.

Specific to the alternate version that's included as a bonus track on the CD, "strong" in the line "'Cause my love for you's too strong" is also sung with a melisma (in the harmony part:  B A), giving a sense of degree (for "too").