Bob Dylan Version
The song gained greater prominence in popular music when Bob Dylan included a version (along with several others dealing with the subject of death) on his 1962 eponymous debut album. The song had a slightly different name on the Dylan album, "In My Time of Dyin'" (as did the later Shocking Blue cover). On the liner notes to the album:
"Dylan had never sung In My Time of Dyin' prior to this recording session. He does not recall where he first heard it. The guitar is fretted (i.e., he plays slide guitar) with the lipstick holder he borrowed from his girl, Suze Rotolo, who sat devotedly and wide-eyed through the recording session."
Dylan's version is likely based on Joshua White's 1933 recording and arrangement. The song's running time is 2:40.
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