Tell Me, Momma Dylan in concert. The song was shown played live by Dylan and The Band during his 1966 U.K.Tour in D. A. Pennebaker's documentary "Eat the Document". The same video of Dylan and the Hawks shown in Eat the Document was shown in Martin Scorsese's 2005 Documentary No Direction Home. Tell Me, Momma Tell Me Momma is a song written by Bob Dylan and performed exclusively during his 1966 World Tour with the Band (then known as the Hawks). It was used to introduce the second half of a concert, when Dylan switched from an acoustic solo performance to an electric
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan lot of stuff from Martin." Carthy taught Dylan two English songs that would prove important for the "Freewheelin" album. Carthy's arrangement of "Scarborough Fair" would be used by Dylan as the basis of his own composition, "Girl from the North Country". A 19th-century ballad commemorating the death of Sir John Franklin in 1847, "Lady Franklin's Lament", gave Dylan the melody for his composition "Bob Dylan's Dream". Both songs displayed Dylan's fast-growing ability to take traditional melodies and use them as a basis for highly personal songwriting. From England, Dylan traveled to Italy, and joined Albert Grossman, who was touring with