I take it that "rocket" here is a raft of lumber accelerated in a deadly chute.
And it's taken for granted that the bride dies after her darling.
There hangs a dark premonition from the very beginning of the ballad, and when both lovers are done with it is even like an alleviation. By Joan Baez's performance it has its dark beauty, but what a dark way to look at life.
I take it that "rocket" here is a raft of lumber accelerated in a deadly chute. And it's taken for granted that the bride dies after her darling. There hangs a dark premonition from the very beginning of the ballad, and when both lovers are done with it is even like an alleviation. By Joan Baez's performance it has its dark beauty, but what a dark way to look at life.