Here’s a bit of trivia. In the original lyrics, one line goes:
“Till Stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again”
(George Stoneman was a Union Calvary general.)
But Joan Baez misunderstood the line, and instead sang:
“Till so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again”
I kinda like the misunderstood version better.
The only version worth listening to is the one by The Band!
Everything else is a pathetic copy.
The Band did it ten times better.