Suze Rotolo is the woman featured on the album cover, walking arm in arm with Dylan down Jones Street, not far from their apartment. Upon his return to New York in mid-January, he persuaded Rotolo to get back together, and to move back into his apartment on 4th Street. It was there that he finished the song, ostensibly inspired by the apparent end of his relationship with Rotolo. Unbeknownst to Dylan, Rotolo had already returned to the United States, leaving about the same time that Dylan arrived in Italy. Dylan left England for Italy to search for Suze, whose continuation of studies there had caused a serious rift in their relationship. However, it is suspected that this song could have been inspired by his then girlfriend, Suze Rotolo. It is debated as to whom this song is a tribute some claim former girlfriend Echo Helstrom, and some Bonnie Beecher, both of whom Dylan knew before leaving for New York. The song was written following his first trip to England in December 1962, upon what he thought to be the completion of his second album. That recording became the opening track on Nashville Skyline, Dylan's ninth studio album. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in February 1969.

It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. ' Girl from the North Country' (occasionally known as 'Girl of the North Country') is a song written by Bob Dylan. 'Girl from the North Country'įrom the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan For the 2017 stage musical based on Bob Dylan's work, see Girl from the North Country (musical).

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