a wealthy white tobacco farmer in his twenties. Bob Dylan didn't waste any time giving us all the facts:
"William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore Hotel society gathering..."
If ever a song can be described as timeless, Masters of War surely hits the mark. Bob Dylan at 21 had the ability to capture the spirit of a world gone wrong.
One of Dylan's best story songs was The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.
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