Maggie's Farm

"Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You can almost think that you're seein' double
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room,
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece.
She promised that she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece."

The entire lyrics are here.

We've run this one before, over three years ago, but now with Youtube performances available it's high time we brought it out again.  The song was released in 1971 on the so-called Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II, and also on The Band's 1971 album Cahoots.  It has been featured in concert frequently over the years, though never as a setlist staple.  The performance below is from 1976.