song and where it came from? Or what the thoughts were when adapting it? All of the "thieving Dylan" rumors really tick me off. None of them seem to have any real facts or evidence behind them. Julieann writes: Didn't Scorsese refer to Dylan's earlier days in No Direction Home and talk about record albums? He said that Dylan "took" albums from friends. That some of his friends confronted him about it and he claimed to be borrowing them. I have googled several versions of this song,am wanting to perform it again. The one I think I like the best is the Eric Von Schmidt/Dylan verson; though I don't feel the fourth verse 'sits well' with the rest of the song -where the narrator says he (meaning the narrator)" never had enough money and can't be satisfied." For some reason that seems to 'clash' in my mind with the lost friend he's describing. Unless google did a little 'folk processing' on that verse. I think there is a Mark Spolestra and even Nancy Griffith version but not sure which I should be doing. Is there one versionn of this song that is considered to the 'definitive' version? Well it's Shorty George, Ch: He died on the road (repeat both lines) And how Refrain: He died, it don't nobody know Well some give a nickle Ch: Some give a lousy dime (repeat both lines) I would Refrain: Give a quater, he ain't no friend of mine If you see Roberta Ch: