Was meint Bob Dylan in seinem Lied „Oxford Town“ mit mississippi moon?

Hi,

hier die Lyrics:

Oxford Town, Oxford Town

Everybody's got their heads bowed down

The sun don't shine above the ground

Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford Town

He went down to Oxford Town

Guns and clubs followed him down

All because his face was brown

Better get away from Oxford Town

Oxford Town around the bend

Come to the door, he couldn't get in

All because of the color of his skin

What do you think about that, my friend?

Me and my gal, my gal's son

We got met with a tear gas bomb

I don't even know why we come

Goin' back where we come from

Oxford Town in the afternoon

Everybody singin' a sorrowful tune

Two men died 'neath the Mississippi moon

Somebody better investigate soon

Wofür steht die Metapher „Mississippi Moon“ oder ist das wirklich einfach nur wörtlich gemeint?

Answer 1

[hologence]

Mississippi Moon ist ein ähnlich romantisches Konzept wie der Mond von Wanne-Eickel, und von Bob Dylan hier sicher in ironischem Sinn verwendet. Die Rede ist von Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi, und Schwarze hat man früher vorwiegend nachts umgebracht.