Ballad of Hollis Brown

Bob Dylan

About Ballad of Hollis Brown

"Ballad of Hollis Brown" is a folk-style song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1964 on his third album The Times They Are A-Changin'. The song tells the story of a South Dakota farmer who, overwhelmed by the desperation of poverty, kills his wife, children and then himself.


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1964
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