Dec 6, 2023·edited Dec 6, 2023Liked by Carlyn Beccia, Joe Duncan
I think you are right. It was a common practice, as executions at that time in that part of America were a community event thing like football games now. And I don't recall any lyrics in the song about a Black man being forced to eat his own dick and nuts. No one would have wanted a song like that.
But if any folksinger of that time would have written a tune about the case, Dylan would. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "Hurricane" show he was very sympathetic towards Blacks who were treated in an unfair fashion.
I think you are right. It was a common practice, as executions at that time in that part of America were a community event thing like football games now. And I don't recall any lyrics in the song about a Black man being forced to eat his own dick and nuts. No one would have wanted a song like that.
But if any folksinger of that time would have written a tune about the case, Dylan would. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "Hurricane" show he was very sympathetic towards Blacks who were treated in an unfair fashion.
Here is a recent review of penile length studies for those who are interested.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2020.1787279
Another interesting tidbit is that most people overestimate the average size which leads many men to be unsatisfied with that they're packing.
Neal's case was subtly referenced by Bob Dylan ("they're selling postcards of the hanging") in his song "Desolation Row".
...who wants to know about flaccid or stretched penises?