[3] Over the years, "Farewell" has been recorded by about 20 other musicians worldwide, including Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Lonnie Donegan, Dion, and Tony Rice.
Decades later, in interviews with author Michael Gray, Traum identified the session's location as the East Village apartment of Gil Turner, who worked at Gerde's and was an editor for the folk music magazine Broadside.
[6] A month after the session with Traum, Dylan recorded the song as a demo for his music publisher M. Witmark & Sons.
[3] During the time Dylan was making periodic trips to Witmark's Manhattan studios, between 1962 and 1964, he was also visiting Broadside to tape songs for publication.
In April 1963, he recorded "Farewell" for the magazine, and a transcription of its lyrics and music appeared in that month's issue.
[7] Also in April, Dylan went to Chicago to appear at The Bear, a folk music club owned by his manager Albert Grossman.
He began touring in earnest the next year, both solo performances and a series of concert dates co-billed with Baez.
[13]The opening lyrics in Dylan's song are very similar: Oh it's fare-thee-well, my darlin' true, I'm a-leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
[20] The group featured Chris Hillman, a mandolin player who the next year switched to electric bass to become a founding member of The Byrds.
[24][25] British skiffle musician Lonnie Donegan on The Folk Album, also released a version of the song in 1965.
[26] Other notable releases of "Farewell" in later years included Greek singer Nana Mouskouri's version on her album Turn on the Sun, released in 1970, Irish folk singer Liam Clancy's version on 1975's Farewell To Tarwaithie and on 1982's The Dutchman and bluegrass musician Tony Rice's on 1984's Cold on the Shoulder.