Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Joan Baez Lyrics

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Babe, baby, baby, I'm Gonna Leave You.
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you.
I'll leave you when the summertime,
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along.

Baby, baby, I don't wanna leave you,
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble.

Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believin',
We really got to ramble.
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do,
I can hear it callin' me back home!

Babe, I'm gonna leave you
Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you
Oh I can hear it callin 'me
I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?

I know I never never never gonna leave your babe
But I got to go away from this place,
I've got to quit you, yeah
Baby, ooh don't you hear it callin' me?
Woman, woman, I know, I know
It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day baby, it's really gonna grow, yes it is.
We gonna go walkin' through the park every day.
Come what may, every day

It was really, really good.
You made me happy every single day.
But now, I've got to go away!

Baby, baby, baby, baby

That's when it's callin' me
I said that's when it's callin' me back home

Overall Meaning

The song "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" by Joan Baez was originally written by Anne Bredon, a singer-songwriter from California, but was later popularized by the American rock band Led Zeppelin. The song is an emotional ballad about a lover's impending departure and the conflicting feelings that come with it.

The first verse sets the tone as the singer tells their lover that they are leaving, but not quite yet, as they plan to stay with them through the summer. However, in the second verse, the singer expresses their desire to leave and move on, despite not wanting to hurt their partner. They describe a feeling of being called back home, which could represent a sense of wanderlust or personal growth. The final verse brings up the idea of a future reunion, but also acknowledges that the singer needs to leave, even though they were once happy in the relationship.

One interpretation of the song is that it represents the internal struggle of wanting to follow one's dreams and desires, but also feeling the weight of the emotional attachments we form with others. The repeated phrase "baby, baby, baby" and the mention of feeling called back home convey a strong emotional connection that is difficult to break, even if the singer knows they need to move on.

Line by Line Meaning

Babe, baby, baby, I'm Gonna Leave You.
The singer is addressing their significant other and telling them they are going to leave.

I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you.
The singer is repeating that they are going to leave their significant other.

I'll leave you when the summertime,
The singer tells their significant other that they will leave them in the summer.

Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
The artist repeats that they will leave their significant other when summer arrives.

Leave you when the summer comes along.
The artist repeats that they will leave their significant other when summer arrives.

Baby, baby, I don't wanna leave you,
The singer admits to their significant other that they do not want to leave them.

I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble.
The singer emphasizes that they are serious about leaving and need to travel.

Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believin',
The artist agrees with their significant other that they need to leave.

We really got to ramble.
The artist agrees that they need to travel.

I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do,
The artist is hearing the call of adventure and travel like they used to.

I can hear it callin' me back home!
The singer feels a pull to return to their roots and find their true home.

Babe, I'm gonna leave you
The artist repeats that they are going to leave.

Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you
The singer repeats that they need to leave their significant other.

Oh I can hear it callin 'me
The singer repeats that they hear the call to travel.

I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?
The singer asks their significant other if they too can hear the call of adventure.

I know I never never never gonna leave your babe
The artist acknowledges their bond with their significant other and that they will always be together in some way.

But I got to go away from this place,
The artist clarifies that they physically need to leave their current location.

I've got to quit you, yeah
The singer admits they have to leave their significant other.

Baby, ooh don't you hear it callin' me?
The singer is urging their significant other to hear the call of adventure and understand the need to leave.

Woman, woman, I know, I know
The artist addresses their significant other and acknowledges them.

It feels good to have you back again
The artist reminisces about good memories with their significant other.

And I know that one day baby, it's really gonna grow, yes it is.
The artist contemplates the growth of their relationship and the possibility of a future together.

We gonna go walkin' through the park every day.
The singer envisions a future where they and their significant other will walk together through the park daily.

Come what may, every day
The artist pledges to be there for their significant other every day, no matter what happens.

It was really, really good.
The singer remembers the past with their significant other as being really good.

You made me happy every single day.
The singer remembers their significant other making them happy every day.

But now, I've got to go away!
The singer reiterates that they must leave their significant other.

Baby, baby, baby, baby
The artist addresses their significant other with affection.

That's when it's callin' me
The artist repeats that they hear the call of adventure.

I said that's when it's callin' me back home
The singer repeats that they feel the need to return to their roots and find their true home.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Robert Anthony Plant, James Patrick Page, Anne L. Bredon

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Comments from YouTube:

@salesdept537

45w↑9

"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. A few versions of this song were recorded in 1962 as "Joan Baez in Concert" and Led Zeppelin 1st album in 1969 ( credited to "Traditional arr. Page" ).
As a Song Author Ms. Anne Bredon would be credited with the song in 1991, she died at the age of 89 in 2019.

@A_Pa-Plainjane

36w

appreciate your comment and I was aware, but only learned recently about the song's true journey. Still I enjoy both Joan's and Led's versions. Anne Bredon's original also cuts through me like a knife because it is so raw and intense. Fortunately, YouTube has the Bredon originals so we can hear the birth of an emotion that magically morphs into a melody in our hearts.

@bluespiral58

5y↑26

This would make a beautiful and bittersweet funeral song.

@stevedangerslifemusic8323

4y↑27

I just watched an interview from Jimmy Page who explained that on first meeting with Robert Plant he made him listening this song as a test before creating Led Zep, already planning to make a cover. i loved Joan Baez before and this cool story from one of my guitar hero just close the loop :-)

@guys.8327

8y↑213

I see the younger folks don't much care for Joan's version but much prefer Zep's. I think they're missing the point. This is a folk song in the traditional sense and on Zep's album, this song is the most mellow using acoustic guitar and drums and giving it more of a bluesy feel. Both versions are excellent in their own right and for their individual platforms. Although I think Plant has an awesome voice, Joan's can take you to places you've never been before and this song is sooo haunting the way she does it that although Zep's was the first version I'd heard, this is the one that really makes you "feel" the song. Peace & Love!!

@Zacchhary

7y↑13

Precisely. I havent heard the original in ages and am listening now and am truly ~shook. Haunting. And the Zeppelin version is one of my favorite tunes. There's room for both, people!

@Sanjay_Singh_Bisht

6y↑3

For me Original is far better than Led Zeppelin..!

@georgepowell6345

Me too. Thanks, Guy.

@aussieMHfan

6y↑4

Exactly. And it must've been enchanting in its day, for Led Zeppelin to want to cover it in the first place.

@foodisgoodthatsthetruth3231

5y↑4

I'm 20 now and love this version too. Zeppelin's cover is great, but they're unique in their own respects.

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@chrisrob3854

3y↑14

I'm a 40 year old black man. Had never heard this. At the time I was w a woman who I knew wasn't ready to settle. And I knew she would eventually leave. I would listen and tear up. And she left eventually. But I had already grieved.

@DanielMeier-ox5kc

22w↑1

Nobody cares about you being a black man idiot

@victoredwards0530

6y↑43

A voice, a guitar and the result is heavenly music.

@pourattitude4206

2y↑34

I've known this song since I was 6 years old living in a van with my dad. He had Led Zeppelin 8-tracks that got worn out a few times.
I'm 58 now. Never until today did I know that it was a Joan Baez cover. What a difference in sound and induced feeling! Of course, I think of Led Zeppelin's version as being first/best (to my ears), but this was very cool to hear.
I know that Led Zeppelin covered many many songs, but the original tunes I've listened too were older blues.
As always, in my opinion anyway, they not only did justice to every song that they covered, they improved them.

@carlitofranchini2070

2y↑10

Ann Bredon wrote it in the 50's

@ShanghaiRooster

2y↑6

@@burpvom As Carlito says, the song was composed by Anne Bredon

@sungear

2y↑1

Notably jimmy page really liked this song which is why they covered it.
The zep version is awesome but this is a pretty deep song in it's own right.
Same phenomenon as young man blues by mose allison and covered by the who.
The who's version is off the hook but you can see why pete liked the original.

@ednorko5128

2y↑7

They didn't just cover them,they claimed them as their own,big difference 😔

@ShanghaiRooster

2y↑5

@@ednorko5128 Yes, Zepp's attitude to these older songs is in marked contrast to that of Eric Clapton, who, whatever his other sins may be over the decades, always insisted on giving songwriting credit to the artist whose name was on the original 78rpm record on a song he covered, so that their estate would benefit.

Given the extent of Jimmy Page's reworking of the material, one could argue there was nothing wrong with what Zeppelin did, but again that's in contrast to Clapton, and is slightly underhand. Musicians have always 'borrowed' from those gone before, but it's usually an element, eg, John Bonham's drumming on 'Rock 'N' Roll' is inspired by Little Richard's record' Keep a' Knockin'', or the riff to Buffalo Springfield's 'Mr Soul' is adapted from the Stones 'Satisfaction' (which in it's turn was nicked from a Supremes song), or the riff to Deep Purple's 'Black Night' is blatantly stolen from the bassline to Ricky Nelson's recording of 'Summertime'. But these are all elements, not wholesale lifting.

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@jadram42m25

3y↑5

I was very young girl when my friend got a vinil with this song. I was amazed in front such voice. Many years after I'v usled to sing this song on parties. JOAN is a great singer with crystal clear voice. Thank you for this video!

@taddyd1

9y↑162

by far the most soulful version. magical. no wonder zep loved her so much

@Protonixum

6y↑17

Certainly ! But the arrangement of ZEP has metamorphosed this song into a sublimated version.

@Frankincensedjb123

6y↑4

taddyd1 didn’t care for it at all. Lame

@RaduBigGun

5y↑14

Led Zep is almost nothing compared to her.

@paulwilson2651

5y↑6

@@Frankincensedjb123 Each to their own!

@user-fo7xr4sw5n

5y↑17

@@RaduBigGun Led Zeppelin are much better than her, they are better musicians and robert plant has a better voice

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@titusrivers7193

4y↑9

A beautiful version of the song. Then to realize it's live even greater.

@georgepowell6345

6y↑57

Joan and Zep both did this soulful piece justice. (Please end the unnecessary arguments.)

@adullday3296

6y↑2

She did it they didn't creat it.

@thatmatt41

5y↑8

@@adullday3296 Well they still did a great version. Some like her version more, some like Zep's more, but they're both extremely well done.

@dynjarren7523

5y↑4

Matthew Donko But that’s not the point. The Point is that they claimed a writing credit on the song and collected royalties from it when they wrote nothing. They only reinterpreted the song and played their version of it. Nothing else.

@elizabeth-ou9fq

4y↑11

Dyn Jarren Joan Baez didn’t write it either, Anne Bredon did.

@Nred9999

4y↑3

Dyn Jarren she wrote the song ?? 🤣🤣 Anne Bredon did.

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@tlovesretro

6y↑5

Wow.. I had no idea this wasn't an original Zep song until reading When Giants Walked the Earth and there is an excerpt when first meeting and Plant is flipping through Page's vinyl's and listens to this song. Completely taken aback.

@STEELERBARTINFL

9y↑90

I never knew until today that this song was recorded by Joan Baez and written by by Anne Bredon (then known as Anne Johannsen) in the late 1950s. LED ZEP TOOK THE SONG TO THE NEXT LEVEL!!! I am a rocker from 1970s. Thanks for sharing!!!

@thevictorianbaroness7604

9y↑10

Bart D'Amico Talk about taking it to the next level! Zeppelin's version is to die for!

@Kelkat66

9y↑4

Bart D'Amico I just heard on iHeart radio that Baez did this song before Zep. I will say I like Zepplin's version better but this is definitely worth a listen. Thanks...

@STEELERBARTINFL

8y↑2

I meant that in my comment.

@MADNickosNose

7y↑4

“stole every song they ever recorded” Haha you’re a fucking moron.

@bparks1952

7y↑7

Led Zep never gave credit to the author for this and other songs on their first album until the original authors found out and sued. Page listed it as traditional folk.

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@MiladieBasson-dn8ge

15w

Les 2 versions sont magnifiques. Celle de Zeppelin vous emmène dans un univers totalement différent. Comme ils l'ont fait pour Dazed and Confused... Magique 👏❤️

@trfesok

3y↑5

Written by Anne Bredon in 1959. Before Zep, it was also covered by The Plebs and The Association. So, I put all in my Association playlist. Thanks for the upload!

@seanmorgan1460

3y↑11

Play this side by side with Led Zeppelin's version. I love Joan's Guitar here! Every time I hear the Zeppelin version I start to cry. What a fitting tribute to Joan's song!

@manwithumbrella

43w

It's not her song, it was written by Anne Bredon.

@johnfescemyer8536

23w

I have to admit, I never listened to Joan Baez. Then I listened to this song. I went OMG!!! This is like an opera!!!. What a voice.

@TheGuitarMan71

4y↑187

Jimmy Page has entered the chat

@stargatewv

4y↑7

it is haunting and the lady who wrote it in 59 recorded on the banjo. Anne Bendon (spelling?)Oberlin College...but I loved your band.

@angellucas530

kkkkkkkkkk

@imasonofadeadbeat2928

4y↑2

@@stargatewv Anne Bredon's original was a home recording. The Oberlin College version was Janet Smith.

@rebeccagarcia9174

4y↑10

Music is meant to be enjoyed. Meant to move you in the way the artist was feeling. And from this original version spawned Zeppelin version that has brought me so many vibes I can't describe. So both are worthy of praise.

@KendraAndTheLaw

4y↑1

Ramble..... on.... and on and on and on...

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@mengiaboy

4y↑81

Thinking if a modern day artist did this version people would probably say. " What an interesting take on a Led Zepplin song" lol

@jackrutherford-1

3y↑15

Anne Bredon was original writer/composer. I think Baez covered it before Zeppelin did.

@subg8858

3y↑6

Baez’s version was key in Page’s originally conception of Led Zeppelin. Folk music played in heavy blues style

@taunoctua245

9y↑85

I remember an early 70's interview with Robert Plant and he was talking about this being done by Joan Baez and they were fans, but didn't know who the composer was. I think people forget that there was no internet in the 60's or 70's. As for the "Trad Ar." note on the zeppelin album, this is indeed a traditional arangement, and you can hear the same chord progression to Marriane Faithful's Scarborough Fair 6 months prior to Simon and Garfunkle. I've heard these chords on early 50's folk albums.

@richardtoland2624

7y↑8

I strongly agree. Song writing credits can be difficult to track down, particularly without the Internet.

@michaelpatterson9119

5y↑3

Tau Noctua rip off

@Alexberti033

5y↑7

Anne Bredon was the composer, an amateur guitarist.

@bimbowithadegree420

5y↑9

That's not the problem. As a big Zepp fan, you can't just say that you're a fan, you've got to credit those responsible. The songwriting was attributed to Plant and Page. That's plagiarism, plain and simple.

@yunv8449

5y↑6

Are you moron? Zep knew this song from JB, she credited it as trad. arranged by, so did Zep. When later they knew who was initial writer, in accord with AB, they attributed the credit on its following releases to AB for 50% of lyrics, Plant for another 50% of lyrics, and Page for the music. If AB didn't see nothing wrong with this, who are you to claim plagiarism ?

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@hamidmusik7691

6y↑110

Headphone listeners RIP

@tengizsurguladze7404

4y↑8

i literally cried with tears while laughing on this comment...

@lucianemospe9878

3y↑1

Hahahahahahahahaha

@michaelarojas

4y↑9

What a voice she has!

@mimsy1111

6y↑41

I just love the fact that Page and Plant were once listening to this shrill female folk singer and were like, "yep. we could turn this into a banger. " XD

@JW-xh5pi

5y↑1

Of course Zeppelin blew this away and fully transformed it.

@bryanhawkins9418

5y↑1

Haha! Yeah that’s a trip to think about! I always tell people that the artists we love listen to stuff we’ve never even heard of/would ever listen to.

@ericaanne19bebe

6y↑38

I’m a devoted Baez fan, I love her music, and that incredible voice.....that being said.....Zeppelin made this song everything!

@TBguitar

whats your fav baez song?

@sexobscura

2y↑1

Coming from an old Zeppelin obsessive, this song never really did anything but annoy me (and I think, sadly, a few of the songs on their first album are pretty lame)

@coralynn9423

4y↑18

most of the fans of Led Zep bashing this song know no verse in this genre of music. This piece is hauntingly beautiful, and is just as important as Led Zep’s version. The vocals, and simplicity is insane for how iconic the song is.

@pratikroutray3707

4y↑1

totally agree with you, I love the instrumental arrangement done by led zep and simply adore joan boaz's voice, no offence Robert plant. She picked it up from anne bredon a folk artist and zep picked it up from her, she is the one who plagiarised it anyways. I just dont understand why people hate on led zep, they added lots of new elements both is musical arrangement and lyrics, it was not just blatantly copying everything, they brought their own originality to their version.

@cal2062

Jimmy page was inspired by and asked plant to emulate Joan in this song prior to the formation of zeppelin thus was the very exact song by Baez that Jimmy put the record on for plant to listen to to get the vocal feel but jimmy in interviews stated he wanted plant to emulate Baez “top line” in the vocals but jimmy stated he skews the had his guitar idea laid out in his mind that would be different than in this folk version Baez did wonderfully
Baez inspired Jimmy Page in this traditional folk number around long before zeppelin or Baez but Joan Baez definitely did the song recording prior to Led Zeppelin recording their version in 1969 but Jimmy acknowledges it is this Baez recording that inspired him to direct how he wanted Robert Plant to emulate Joan
Hence the equation is very simple to comprehend
No Joan Baez signing this country folk blues version then there would never have been a Zepplin version as we know it as Jimmy states this is the very first song he had played the record of for Robert plant the first time they met and he asked him to come to his house and listen to it , hence the first song they worked on in the first led zeppelin album is this very song via listening to this very version by Joan Baez and it was her voice and high notes ( British day “top line”) that inspired Jimmy Page
Hence it’s ridiculous to bash this woman’s wonderful voice and her awesome talent

@cal2062

@@pratikroutray3707 it was around long prior to Anne Bredon , it’s a traditional folk song hence no one knows its writer

@tk7977

3y↑1

Lol, people are such losers. “Zeppelin stole all their songs fucking thieves!!!” Then you poke and prod at their fans like crazy, instigating them to come and hate on this song, then you have the audacity to say “why are zeppelin fans being meanie weenie beanie heads )):”

If I’m not mistaken, this version is the third “borrowing” of the original song anyways?

@coralynn9423

@@tk7977 i said the people bashing it know nothing of its beauty. never said it was the first version, this is a folk song. i never insulted led zeppelin fans, i only insulted the fans bashing this version. i am a led zeppelin fan. grow up.

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@hamiltongonzalez3372

3y↑7

Wow. She has an amazing voice.

@TMNigel

9y↑28

Folk music is all about soulful interpretation. I admire what Jimmy Page created with this. NT

@viniciussilva8586

Jib Wangler This is normal!!

@bparks1952

7y↑1

Page conveniently left out the original author's name when the album first came out. They subsequently added her name. Dazed and Confused is another example, they left off Jake Holmes but later added his name. Two blatant rip offs among many others.

@AndorSolymos

6y↑2

Simply wonderful...

@juanmanuelperez5684

3y↑1

Absolutely amazing .. beautfull 👏👏

@ZombieKid-.-

4y↑28

I don’t know what specific genre of music this falls under but, it is the first time in my life I’ve ever heard anything approaching Opera music that I not only enjoyed but was emotionally moved by. Goddamn this chick was a beast with her voice.

@cal2062

4y↑13

It’s folk country blues

@carlitofranchini2070

2y↑1

Folk music, but, coincidentally, "Classical" music is in itself from Folk music and vice versa.

@dinospumoni5611

American folk

@rimmersbryggeri

She still is. Saw her in concert about 10 years ago and it was amazing.

@austinhackney3906

1y↑2

Leonard Cohen died and left me bereft of my spiritual brother and father. When Joan passes, I will have lost my spiritual sister and mother.

@user-lx8rr3qm9y

29w

who is this lady!

@AureliaLambrechthey

9y↑8

Absolutely Beautiful. Thank you

@timsanderson5572

2y↑4

One more song Jimmy page will claim to have written.

@eda1814

6y↑19

Year 2019 but ı just listening this beatiful voice. From turkey.😊

@ercanokt

Hello

@VitalyZdorovetskiyTV

32w

biji kurdistan

@user-fo3xv9sx3q

5y↑3

нет слов !!!! Bravo !!!!

@gaildalessio6207

5y↑3

All the negative comments on this site. This was her high range at her youngest. She was/is a phenomenon.

@clarkewi

2y↑19

Phenomenal. Page, Plant, Zeppelin had good taste in covers.

@canaldaheffyrocha9546

1y↑1

😂😂😂😂😂

@amrayos

1y↑1

Page rewrote it. it is definately NOT a cover

@tahamohammedi5898

48w↑6

@@amrayosit is the same lyrics roughly the same arrangement and chord progression, it's a fucking cover

@elconejito99

42w

@amrayos ofc it's not a cover, and just like When the Leeve breaks, dazed and confused, and many more 😂😂😂

@andrewbintang4591

5y↑9

a beautiful composition by anne bredon.

@mancavejammer4376

4y↑1

Beautiful and live .

@HenningUhle

3y↑44

Act 1: Anne Bredon comes around with a song called "Babe I'm gonna leave you"
Act 2: Joan Baez performs a cover version of this song
Act 3: Led Zeppelin does a rip-off of this song
Act 4: Music producer Rick Beato demonstrates chord progressions
Act 5: Warner Chappel, the company which owns the rights of the Led Zeppelin version, claims copyright infringement by Rick Beato

@mcauliff

3y↑4

Between act 1 and act 2 there was Janet Smith who recorded her own version and then, it is said, taught the song to Joan Baez. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9VpWAEk6aI

@lyndoncmp5751

3y↑13

Led Zeppelins version is 90% original, including the lyrics and a hell of a lot more iconic and musically superior.
Facts.

@dazeja

3y↑8

@@lyndoncmp5751 They still stole it....and I'm a HUGE fan!

@lyndoncmp5751

3y↑11

@@dazeja
How can they have stolen it when they never ever claimed they wrote it? The credits on the album sleeve clearly said "trad (traditional) arranged by Jimmy Page"
????

@redrot7422

3y↑1

@@dazeja it’s a cover

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@jamesdemetro9123

5y↑6

First time hearing,thanks for the videos

@drakeelliott5079

1y↑1

Impeccable

@pamelarose4538

6y↑3

The most beautiful song

@davidaranda3765

6y↑14

Ambas versiones son hermosas . zeppelin le encontró la vuelta a esta versión no tan traumática sino mas dulce

@ljbarstow

incredible passion

@Htwhite2

2y↑1

My favorite version is Patti Smith’s. She performed it at the Another Day Another Time concert at New York’s Town Hall in 2013

@dereklong801

4y↑2

This is gold.

@chuco

5y↑1

Me dejo Ella para siempre Este verano. Con esta cancion siempre estara aqui

@miguelangelmoya916

8y↑4

Amazing !!! Thank you for share !!!

@jnphi1

10y↑12

Thanks for that, I was looking for it.

@blazedyasa

5y↑2

Amazing

@thisisnotclever

3y↑1

Brilliant

@theStacyJames

Fantastic! Perfect for a soulful Western

@markymark560

3y↑3

Yeh i like both this and zep but the zep version is a masterpiece and makes the hair on my neck stand up.

@andrewapperson1174

7y↑11

This song literally gave me a flash back of all summer flings that ended way to quickly

@mjt11860

5y↑2

she was such a babe.

@Brody_Low

just discovering this now. amazing

@wilsonsilva2918

9y↑299

Jesus christ, don't listen to this with headphones on max volume

@EJ2K2K

8y↑14

OH SHIT, ouch man haha

@dam1106

8y↑11

haha, no doubt, I had it at about half volume and that was painful enough!

@charmingbilly1685

8y↑11

Always thought her voice edged towards annoying any how lol.

@chuckaddison

8y↑3

No kidding! I just did the same thing! Jesus!

@CarSVernon

8y↑3

'edged towards' still better than plant

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@marie-madeleinerousseau5965

43w

Une telle merveille ça s'écoute religieusement

@missdee4927

4y↑21

Both Page and Plant happened to be Baez fans. Her voice is gorgeous to me.

@Dave070545

3y↑1

Who cannot be a fan of such a voice

@mrmustard007

23w

Baez & Page , it will be a musical tragedy , when we lose these superstars .🤦🏻‍♂️

@CrabDigs

4y↑4

Very much like a southern spiritual.

@dustydiciurcio137

4y↑1

Luv ya Joan-Joni- (both of em were amazing) & yas got my mama's name so it makes it even more special to me in my❤🥰😘🌌*_*.......

@jameseric2543

8y↑58

Then go already. Just leave me in peace. Sheeessss

@someoneonyoutube1993

5y↑1

haha

@thelordraj5412

lol

@hl-nz3go

3y↑1

Love her voicre

@gabriels.carvalho4852

Wow. Just noticed that the 2016 version Plant played with The Sensational Space Shifters borrows a lot from this older version of the song. I'm enjoying this way more now.

@peterpandemonium3336

2y↑1

I never knew this is a Baez song until today. I have known about Diamonds and Rust.

@salesdept537

45w↑1

written by Anne Bredon

@averyritchot2187

No way love it

@crnel

4y↑1

It's interesting to listen to all the versions of this song, this one, the one by The Association, and the one by Led Zepplin, etc.

@milad.nikzad

4y↑1

The version by The Plebs is great too

@A_Pa-Plainjane

51w

We did not know what she gave us was perfect

@HarvestMoonFanGirl2

This is giving me the last of us/the last of us 2 vibes. Hauntingly beautiful

@spgtenor

3y↑2

I usually can't stand it when musicians remake songs, and though this is not the original, the one I grew up with is the version by Zeppelin. Zep remade a lot of songs, but when they did, it wasn't a cheap replica - they made it their own. While I appreciate this version, I prefer Zep's version because it takes you on a journey and has more variety. Joan has one of the greatest voices of the past 60 years, and while I love the Spanish influence, I feel like this is a vehicle for her amazing voice, yet it feels disconnected from the lyrics.

@arlenesheffield1136

2y↑1

Such a difference in the approach of this song by Joan and Led Zep.

@DrunkardCow

This is her song; is it not?

@sderoski1

@@DrunkardCow Anne Bredon wrote Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

@DrunkardCow

@@sderoski1 Was she completely on LSD a decade or two? Not knowing the Cover Band not giving her the credit for it? Or what is the story?

@sderoski1

@@DrunkardCow dOyOurOwNreSeARcH

@DrunkardCow

@@sderoski1 Coz' I don't wanna... *waa-waa*... baby is hungry... baby just wants to be spoon fed with your useless information... so... are you going to feed the baby or do you let it starve?

@carlneoh5843

I came here from a comment and the original is beautiful

@LeStraTele

3y↑1

The Association also did a nice version of this song.

@pawedobkowski2192

5y↑7

Led zeppelin makes a hit but emotions are here...

@Powertuber1000

7y↑9

YouTube "Jimmy Page | Full Address and Q&A at The Oxford Union"... brought me here.

@guariba63

Me too...

@peterhockenhull7694

me too

@cyyborgg

Its 1 hour long did he talk about it there

@RoxxerDuPoney

8y↑4

Great cover

@jaydave007

8y↑3

It's not a cover:)

@tadtakuma

8y↑8

It is, the original folk song was written by Anne Bredon.

@malenagamboa

AyrBe Oh My God ...
😂😂😂 the stupidity is killing me

@user-rr2zg2yp1i

heartbreaking

@FAF4567

The song's author is Anne Bredon: https://www.discogs.com/artist/768892-Anne-Bredon
Covers:
1964 The Plebs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VOcDoYt8xw
1964 Barbara Muller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSEepVx2K5s
1965 The Association https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-vOFPP0WDI&list=PLZ0SKx0AhLl6F7xuSOmdLxCtW3lu3UJ4Z&index=3&t=0s

@eda1814

5y↑2

I'm here again again...

@FrazerJones71

5y↑2

Welsh psychedelic rockers MAN also did a version which was radically different

@jillboatmannear2366

1y↑1

Wow! It’s definitely different. Very cool. I do prefer Led Zeppelin version…. I grew up with.

@DanielSmith-yb7rc

You have to agree it's not bad

@brubeck1

6y↑1

dylan knew it.

@4747robo

8y↑29

I have to say this, every song Led Zeppelin has "covered" is so much better through their musicianship, I can hardly recognize the original at times the song has been improved so much. Just MY opinion. Peace brothers and sisters.

@100centre

7y↑2

robert Last Too bad, they claimed they wrote lyrics and music

@vincentbyrne2394

7y↑4

The internet is full of idiots who say Zeppelin "stole" or "plagiarised" their songs, but you (& the many others) don't understand the context of the time. Back in Zepp's early years, folk & blues standards were endlessly borrowed, circulated and re-used. How you interpreted what you were borrowing counted for everything. Authorship only became an issue when Zeppelin achieved big sales. Go and study some music history before cluelessly mouthing off on the internet.

@LedHed65

"The Context of the Time" says it all....Thx!!

@dizzygee87

I would have agreed with you until i was "Led" to this (pun intended) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLv1C3TbWE

@dizzygee87

this one song is better in its original form. Black mountainside aka Blackwater side is the exception

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@pabloojeda8093

♡

@manuelaleal8054

❤️

@KepperKleen

2y↑1

BaaAaAaaAaAaAaAAaAaaaaAaabe.. Im gonna leave YooOooOoOOoOooOooOOoOU

@samnic1998

5y↑10

this is kind of a spooky song you know, I can imagine it being used in a movie in a part when the main character is facing some kind of demons or facing his death

@andrewsneacker1256

5y↑2

You must be young fuck:D

@jeffrutt5292

5y↑1

Yes this song should be played for a Wyatt Earp movie. He has to go west and follow and fufill some kind of inner desire. Only to find trouble and the previous demons come back to follow him in the new town. Then slowly he will leave his wife for another woman, while his former wife will eventually die of a opium overdose. At the end Wyatt realizes he never fufilled any destiny. He chased a empty road which only lead to death for his first wife, brother, and soon after his best friend. This song is about perfect for that kind of monologue. It eve has a spooky western sound.

@samnic1998

@@andrewsneacker1256 ok

@ColinAverill

Your comment reminds me of the end of Season 1 (or 2, don't remember) of Peaky Blinders. Ane Brun's version of All my Tears has a similar feel.

@andrewcollins4118

On LZ1 it says songwriters Page, Plant, Anne Bredon. It should read Anne Bredon arr. Page. Why does Plant gain a co-credit?

@janisjoplin2041

4y↑1

ok, she wrote and sang it in 60s (1962)

@salesdept537

45w

written by Anne Bredon

@vladimirsegovia3003

Baby tengo ke abandonarte, te o estoy diciendo.Cuando el verano este despuntando

@janisjoplin2041

when did she write and sing this song?

@etaoinbshrdlu

What is that long sustained unbelievably high note at the beginning?

@Frankincensedjb123

With every original Zep got ahold of, they turned it up a dozen notches giving it such superior structure, dynamic, and power. The songs literally didn’t exist until Zep got ahold of them. And even though 90% of Zeps songs are total originals, the covers are magnified by ten. The masters.

@blairjayson

7y↑12

Much respect to Bredon and Joan, but this song sounds MUCH better with JPJ's bass and Bonzo's drums.

@aikidoboynj

6y↑1

Umm... " Yea

@joshgiesbrecht

I definitely hear the similarities to Zeps "cover", but... I mean come on, Zep changed it significantly and turned it into something completely different. Granted, they would have never made it without this, so credit to both. But I don't see this as "stolen".