Lyric discussion by stevethehorse 

I know why the boy is guilty lyrics "When just then a "little" passing stranger Burst upon the scene"

little isnt in the lyrics but if you listen to recordings on youtube its there youtube.com/watch the little stranger is the little neighbour boy then it goes "Except of course, the little neighbor boy Who carried him to rest And he just walked along alone Whit his guilt so well concealed And muttered underneath his breath "Nothing is revealed"." the boys is guilty because he told Frankie to find judas

Very interesting point, so who would be more guilty, the neighbor boy who fetches frankie for judas or judas for steering frankie to temptation and sin? Or maybe the neighbor boy is guilty for seeing what is happening to Frankie and doing nothing about it? Maybe the neighbor boy thought Frankie was in paradise and that's why he chose to do nothing about it.

Maybe that's why Dylan chooses to say, "when you see a neighbor carrying something, help him with his load," this could be proof of the little neighbor boys guilt in the story, because the neighbor boy did nothing to help Frankie carry his load.

@stevethehorse Maybe the little neighbour boy feels guilty because he too was at the brothel (or house of pleasure).

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