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John McMahon - The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)

from Bob Dylan Birthday Bash​!​!​! by Champaign/Urbana Singer-Songwriter Collective

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from Dylan's "Self Portrait"

Written by Bob Dylan

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Ev’rybody’s building the big ships and the boats
Some are building monuments
Others, jotting down notes
Ev’rybody’s in despair
Ev’ry girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Ev’rybody’s gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn

I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But guarding fumes and making haste
It ain’t my cup of meat
Ev’rybody’s ’neath the trees
Feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn

A cat’s meow and a cow’s moo, I can recite ’em all
Just tell me where it hurts yuh, honey
And I’ll tell you who to call
Nobody can get no sleep
There’s someone on ev’ryone’s toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Ev’rybody’s gonna wanna doze
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn

Copyright © 1968 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1996 by Dwarf Music

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from Bob Dylan Birthday Bash​!​!​!, track released May 25, 2013
John McMahon: Vocals, Guitar

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