List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes

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

Dylan song	Original tune	Notes and links
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall	Lord Randall	[1][2][3][4]
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]
Chimes of Freedom	Chimes of Trinity	[3]
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone)	[3][9]
Farewell, Angelina	Farewell to Tarwathie
Girl from the North Country	Scarborough Fair	[3][8]
Hard Times in New York Town	Down On Penny's Farm	[10]
I Shall Be Free	We Shall Be Free, Lead Belly	[11]
John Brown	Mrs. McGrath	[12]
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll	Mary Hamilton, Child Ballad 173	[13][14]
Hard Times In New York Town	Down On Penny's Farm	[10]
Masters of War	Nottamun Town	[3]
Restless Farewell	The Parting Glass	[15]
Troubled and I Don't Know Why	What Did the Deep Sea Say?	[16]
Ballad in Plain D	My Last Farewell to Stirling	[17]
Song to Woody	1913 Massacre

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. Spitz 1991, p. 200
10. Davis Inman (February 14, 2011). "'Maggie's Farm,' Bob Dylan". American Songwriter. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
11. Harvey 2001, p. 50
12. Heylin 2009, p. 100
13. Heylin 2009, p. 166
14. Marqusee 2004, p. 86
15. Heylin 2009, p. 172
16. Heylin 2009, p. 151
17. Collected e.g. in "Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland", Ed. Ewan McColl (Oak Publications, New York 1965. Library of Congress Catalogue no. 65-2295). McColl notes that "the tune appears to have been adapted from a slow strathspey".

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.