<P> In the liner notes to the original release , Nat Hentoff calls the song `` a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better ... as if you were talking to yourself . '' It was written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy . The melody is based on the public domain traditional song `` Who 's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I 'm Gone '' and was taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton , who had used it in his song `` Who 's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I 'm Gone ? '' </P>
<P> In the liner notes to the original release , Nat Hentoff calls the song `` a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better ... as if you were talking to yourself . '' It was written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy . The melody is based on the public domain traditional song `` Who 's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I 'm Gone '' and was taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton , who had used it in his song `` Who 's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I 'm Gone ? '' </P>
do n 't think twice it 's all right meaning
do n 't think twice it 's all right meaning
a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better ... as if you were talking to yourself
a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better ... as if you were talking to yourself