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"If You See Her, Say Hello" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan from his 15th studio album, Blood on the Tracks (1975). The song is one of five on the album that Dylan initially recorded in New York City in September 1974 and then re-recorded in Minneapolis.
The acetate versions of "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts", "If You See Her, Say Hello", and "Tangled Up in Blue" were not released officially until 2018, when they were released, alongside 70 previously unreleased recordings, on the 6-disc deluxe edition of More Blood, More Tracks, volume 14 of Dylan's ongoing archival Bootleg Series. [27]
Disc one; No. Title Version Length; 1. "If You See Her, Say Hello" (included on single disc standard edition)9/16/74: Take 1: 3:58: 2. "If You See Her, Say Hello" (previously released on The Bootleg Series Volume 3)
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Big Jim is going to shoot the Jack of Hearts but is killed by a penknife in the back wielded by Rosemary (her "one good deed before she dies"). "The next day", Rosemary is executed, a hanging overseen by "the hanging judge", another figure in town who is in attendance at the cabaret the night before.
'Come in,' she said, 'I'll give you shelter from the storm'" Dylan scholar Tony Attwood calls the song a "complexly woven tale" that is "told around three chords". He notes that the same three chords repeat in every line of every verse, which culminates in the redemptive refrain "Come in, she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm".
The Minneapolis version was included as the opening track on Blood on the Tracks, released on 20 January 1975, [a] [17] [3] and in February as a single backed with "If You See Her, Say Hello". [18] The single reached number 31 on the Hot 100 chart. [ 19 ]
Bell received an AWGIE nomination the same year for Best Screenplay in a Television Series for her episode of Spirited, 'If You See Her Say Hello'. In 2013, she was nominated for an AACTA Award with co-writer Tony McNamara for episode five of the Ten Network's Puberty Blues.