Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Led Zeppelin Lyrics
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
Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby, baby
I don't want to leave you
I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble
Baby, baby, babe, 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?
Oh
I know, I know
I know I never never never never never gonna leave your babe
But I got to go away from this place
I've got to quit you, yeah
Ooh, baby baby baby baby baby 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
Oh, mama baby
I'm gonna leave you go away
It was really, really good
You made me happy every single day
But now
I've got to go away
Baby, baby, baby
That's when it's callin' me
I said that's when it's callin' me back home
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Anne Bredon
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"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a traditional folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. It was recorded by Joan Baez and released on her 1963 album Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1, and also by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, being included on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin.
The band was inspired to cover the song after hearing Baez's version. Both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were big fans of Baez. Baez's original album had indicated that the song was a traditional number Read Full Bio"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a traditional folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. It was recorded by Joan Baez and released on her 1963 album Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1, and also by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, being included on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin.
The band was inspired to cover the song after hearing Baez's version. Both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were big fans of Baez. Baez's original album had indicated that the song was a traditional number, and Led Zeppelin followed suit by crediting the song as "Trad., arr. Page". In the 1980s, Bredon was made aware of Led Zeppelin's version of the song. Since 1990 the Led Zeppelin version has been credited to Anne Bredon/Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, and Bredon received a substantial back-payment in royalties.
This was the number Page played to Plant at their first meeting together, which took place at Page's riverside home at Pangbourne in late July 1968. It is often stated that the song evolved when Plant played to Page the guitar arrangement which eventually found its way onto the album. In an interview he gave with Guitar World magazine in 1998, Page refuted this story, noting that he had worked out the arrangement long before he met Plant, told him he would like it on the album, and that Plant at that time did not even play the guitar.
It is rumoured that Page recorded another version of the song, with Steve Winwood, in 1968, which was never released.
At the 1:43 mark of Led Zeppelin's version of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", it is possible to hear a very faint trace of Plant singing, "I can hear it calling me" just before he sings the same line in full volume. It is as if he "hears it calling him." This "ghost" is the vocal bleed from Plant's scratch vocal, and it appears on the drum tracks, which were recorded live with the full band.
The band only played this song live at Led Zeppelin concerts on their 1969 concert tours, but Page and Plant brought it back for their 1998 reunion in a 9-minute version. When he played this song live, Page tended to use a fuzzbox. Led Zeppelin cite their best performance of the song to be at Copenhagen, Denmark, late 1968, during which Jimmy played the song with heavy fuzz.
A live, filmed performance of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", from Led Zeppelin's gig on Danmarks Radio at Gladsaxe, Denmark, on March 17, 1969, is featured on the Led Zeppelin DVD (2003).
The band was inspired to cover the song after hearing Baez's version. Both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were big fans of Baez. Baez's original album had indicated that the song was a traditional number Read Full Bio"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a traditional folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. It was recorded by Joan Baez and released on her 1963 album Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1, and also by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, being included on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin.
The band was inspired to cover the song after hearing Baez's version. Both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were big fans of Baez. Baez's original album had indicated that the song was a traditional number, and Led Zeppelin followed suit by crediting the song as "Trad., arr. Page". In the 1980s, Bredon was made aware of Led Zeppelin's version of the song. Since 1990 the Led Zeppelin version has been credited to Anne Bredon/Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, and Bredon received a substantial back-payment in royalties.
This was the number Page played to Plant at their first meeting together, which took place at Page's riverside home at Pangbourne in late July 1968. It is often stated that the song evolved when Plant played to Page the guitar arrangement which eventually found its way onto the album. In an interview he gave with Guitar World magazine in 1998, Page refuted this story, noting that he had worked out the arrangement long before he met Plant, told him he would like it on the album, and that Plant at that time did not even play the guitar.
It is rumoured that Page recorded another version of the song, with Steve Winwood, in 1968, which was never released.
At the 1:43 mark of Led Zeppelin's version of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", it is possible to hear a very faint trace of Plant singing, "I can hear it calling me" just before he sings the same line in full volume. It is as if he "hears it calling him." This "ghost" is the vocal bleed from Plant's scratch vocal, and it appears on the drum tracks, which were recorded live with the full band.
The band only played this song live at Led Zeppelin concerts on their 1969 concert tours, but Page and Plant brought it back for their 1998 reunion in a 9-minute version. When he played this song live, Page tended to use a fuzzbox. Led Zeppelin cite their best performance of the song to be at Copenhagen, Denmark, late 1968, during which Jimmy played the song with heavy fuzz.
A live, filmed performance of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", from Led Zeppelin's gig on Danmarks Radio at Gladsaxe, Denmark, on March 17, 1969, is featured on the Led Zeppelin DVD (2003).
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Alex Harris
Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you, oh
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you
I'll leave you in the summertime
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along
Babe, babe, babe
Babe, babe, babe
Baby, baby, I don't wanna leave you
I ain't jokin' woman, I've got to ramble
Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I be leavin'
Be leavin' and got to ramble
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do
Oh, I can hear it callin' me back home! Oh
Babe, oh 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? Ooooh
I know, I know
I know I never, never, never, never, never
gonna leave you, baby
But I got to go away from this place
I've got to quit you, yeah
Ooh, baby, baby, baby
baby, baby, baby, baby, ooh
Don't you hear it callin' me?
Oh, woman, oh woman, I know, I know
It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day, baby, it's gonna really grow, yes it is
We gonna go walkin' through the park every day
Come what May, every day, ooh
My, my
My, my
My, my babe
I'm gonna leave you, go away
Oh I miss you, baby
It was really, really good
You made me happy every single day
But now... I've got to go away! Oh, oh, oh
Baby, baby, baby
That's when it's callin' me
I said that's when it's callin' me back home
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Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
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Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you
I said, baby, you know I'm gonna leave you
I'm leave you when the summertime
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin'
Leave you when the summer comes along
Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby, mm-baby
I'll wanna leave you
I ain't jokin', woman, I've got to ramble
Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I will really, really nn-got to ramble
I can hear it callin' me
I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do
Oh, I can hear it callin' me back ho-wome
Baby, oh, babe, I'm gonna leave you
Hoh, 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, oh
I know, I know
I know I never, never, never, never, never gonna leave you, babe
But I gotta go away from this place, I gotta quit you, yeah
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, oh
You hear it callin'
Don't you hear it callin' me again
Oh, woman, ah, a-woman, I know, I know
Feels good to have you back again, and I know that one day, baby
it's gonna really grow, yes it is
We're gonna go walkin' through the park every day
Come what may, every day, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my babe
I'm gonna leave you, go away
Hoh, oh, god, miss your lips, sweet baby
It was really, really good
You made me happy every single day
but now I've got to go away, oh, oh, oh
Baby, baby, baby
That's when it's callin' me
I said, that's when it's callin' me back home
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John By'ron
The dislikes are from Babe and her friends.
ManiThor
@HatFlap Well, I thank you for your support.
Zep was my number one band till I found out the plagiarism.
What I basically indicate that Zep did NOT just cover those songs which did not belong them, they actually brand those songs as if they originally produced them which is very wrong.
Not only they made money, those songs actually made them famous which is very UNFAIR to the other artists/musicians and also to fans.
HatFlap
@ManiThor I get what you're coming from actually. In the back of my head, there is still that is trying to justify this because other performers have done it but I guess you're right. Thanks.
ManiThor
@HatFlap Yeah, but look; they did it as a cover. Zep took those songs that did NOT belonged to them and remade them into an album as if they were originals. That's a huge difference and that to me my friend is plagiarism. Nothing but plagiarism.
HatFlap
@ManiThor I mean it’s not really plagiarism, like Knocking on Heavens Door by Bob Dylan was done by Guns and Roses and I mean that’s like a cover
Blues Rock
@ManiThor Every single one of the biggest rock and roll bands "plagiarized" at least one of their songs, even most the classic bluesmen did it a lot.
You're going to need a loooong time to dislike them all...
HiveQu33n
imagine hearing this for the first time in 1968
Jordan Brewer
I would have been a fudge pop melting on a 100 degree summer day but I’ve listened to it tripping and either way I melted like a fudge pop in a hundred degree weather summer day
Life in the 413
Hearing this when nothing else sounded like this. They were lucky.
Jenny Griffiths
I did!! I was 13 years old 😊