Mighty Quinn by Vikings Cowboys

Manfred Mann cover Album: Mighty Garvey! Släpptes: 1968 Genre: Pop “Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)“ is a folk-rock song written and first recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. What is the story behind the song The Mighty Quinn? The subject of the song is the arrival of Quinn (an Eskimo), who changes despair into joy and chaos into rest, and attracts attention from animals. Dylan is widely believed to have derived the title character from actor Anthony Quinn’s role as an Eskimo in the 1960 movie The Savage Innocents. -------------------LYRICS------------ “The Mighty Quinn“ Everybody’s building ships and boats Some are building monuments Others jotting down notes Everybody’s in despair Every girl and boy But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here Everybody’s gonna jump for joy Come all without, come all within You’ll not see nothing like the mig