The lyrics for the unpublished 1963 song by Bob Dylan.
The never before seen lyrics of a Bob Dylan song – “Go Away you Bomb” – come up at Christie’s sale of pop culture in South Kensington on June 26. The bomb song was written for an unpublished book of anti-nuclear protest songs in 1963. At the time Dylan was working on his seminal album The Freewheelin Bob Dylan.
The lyrics include handwritten deletions and alterations and offer an insight into the mindset of the artist as he composed. They are being sold by Israel ‘Izzy’ Young, founder of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York, who organized Bob Dylan’s first ever concert. The lyrics are estimated to realise between £25,000 and £35,000 and proceeds will benefit the Folklore Center in Stockholm.