List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes

This is a list of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes.

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Dylan song Original tune Notes and links
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall Lord Randall [1][2][3][4]
Beyond the Horizon Red Sails in the Sunset
Blind Willie McTell St. James Infirmary Blues
Blowin' in the Wind No More Auction Block[5][6] [2][3][7]
Bob Dylan's Dream Lady Franklin's Lament [3][8]
Boots of Spanish Leather Scarborough Fair [3]
Bye and Bye Having Myself A Time
Chimes of Freedom Chimes of Trinity [3]
Floater (Too Much to Ask) Snuggled on Your Shoulder
Girl from the North Country Scarborough Fair [3][8]
Hard Times in New York Town Down On Penny's Farm [9]
I Shall Be Free We Shall Be Free, Lead Belly [10]
John Brown Mrs. McGrath [11]
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Mary Hamilton, Child Ballad 173 [12][13]
Maggie's Farm Down On Penny's Farm [9]
Masters of War Nottamun Town [3]
Nettie Moore Gentle Nettie Moore
Only A Hobo He's Only A Miner Killed in The Ground
Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35 The Rheumatism Blues
Restless Farewell The Parting Glass [14]
Sugar Baby The Lonesome Road
Summer Days Roll 'Em Pete
Troubled and I Don't Know Why What Did The Deep Sea Say? [15]
When the Deal Goes Down Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
To Ramona The Last Letter
With God on Our Side The Patriot Game

References

  1. Ricks 2005, p. 340
  2. 2.0 2.1 Williamson 2004, p. 257
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Wall, Mick (2009). When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin. St. Martins Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0312590390.
  4. Epstein, Daniel Mark (2012). The Ballad of Bob Dylan:A Portrait (Reprint ed.). Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0061807336.
  5. "No More Auction Block for Me". Smithsonian Folkways. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  6. Sung by Odetta on many albums including Odetta at Carnegie Hall
  7. Quoted in John Bauldie's sleeve notes for The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991
  8. 8.0 8.1 Heylin 2000, pp. 106–107
  9. 9.0 9.1 Davis Inman (February 14, 2011). "'Maggie’s Farm,' Bob Dylan". American Songwriter. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  10. Harvey 2001, p. 50
  11. Heylin 2009, p. 100
  12. Heylin 2009, p. 166
  13. Marqusee 2004, p. 86
  14. Heylin 2009, p. 172
  15. Heylin 2009, p. 151

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