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 wanna leave you
I ain't jokin', woman, I've got to ramble
Oh yeah
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, 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?
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
Don't you hear it callin' me?
Oh, 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, my, my, my, my, my, my babe
I'm gonna leave you, go away
Oh
So good, see, 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
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Robert Anthony Plant, James Patrick Page, Anne L. 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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Joey Ferguson
This is my favorite Zeppelin tune. I know alot of people like Stairway but this one was one of their best......in my opinion.
John Romanchuk
I would rank entire albums as favorite: LZ 1 and 2 among the most elite albums ever made, altho Kashmir and a half dozen other songs must be included imao.
Tim Ho
Same. It's one of my favorite songs to play on the acoustic gutiar.. the main fingerpicking switching to the strumming chords. It's great.
George Villotta
Te for one
Shadowkieran12xxxxxx
Stairway to heaven we don’t mention that xxxx
JC
Of all the LZ productions this one may be the best: wow the changes. It has it all
HiveQu33n
imagine hearing this for the first time in 1968
motyl -ek
I wasn't even born yet...but still LOVE the tune :)
Antolii Mayra
Imagine hearing this in 1668
Mandy S
I was only 4 but my dads favourite album