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
Paths of Victory	Palms of Victory
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. Williamson 2004, p. 257
3. 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. Heylin 2000, pp. 106–107
9. 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

Sources

• Harvey, Todd (2001). The Formative Dylan: Transmission & Stylistic Influences, 1961-1963. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4115-0.
• Heylin, Clinton (2000). Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited. Perennial Currents. ISBN 0-06-052569-X. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
• Heylin, Clinton (2009). Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973. Cappella Books. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1556528439.
• Marqusee, Mike (2005). Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan And the 1960s. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1583226865.
• Ricks, Christopher (2005). Dylan's Visions of Sin. Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0060599249.
• Spitz, Bob (1991). Dylan: A Biography (British publication ed.). W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0393307696.
• Williamson, Nigel (2004). The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan. Rough Guide Sports/Pop Culture (1st ed.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1843531395.