Cover of DOWN ON PENNY'S FARM in 1961 - as Hard Times In New York Town; opening number Bootleg Series, copying the Bentley vocals
Cover of BLACK JACK DAVID in 1961 - as Gypsy Davey, bootlegged on the East Orange Tape ('69) and in '92 as Blackjack Davey on his Good As I Been To You-cd
Cover of BUTCHER'S BOY, THE in 1961 - as Railroad Boy on Minnesota Tape I
Cover of CANDY MAN in 1961 - Minnesota Hotel tape saved up for the Great White Wonder bootleg
Cover of COCAINE BLUES in 1961 - Minnesota tape bootleg
Cover of HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE in 1961 - during sessions for his debut album, saved up for Bootleg Series Vol 1-3
Cover of IN THE PINES in 1961 - as Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Cover of THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND in 1961 - live version saved up for No Direction Home (Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
Cover of WILL YOU GO, LASSIE, GO in 1961 - idem, on his Minnesota Tapes and in 1969 at the Isle Of Wight
Cover of DINK'S SONG in 1961 - Minnesota Hotel Tape and also on No Direction Home (Bootleg Series Vol. 7); like father Lomax he always told he learned this song from a woman named Dink
Cover of HIGHWAY 51 BLUES in 1962 - with guitar intro of Wake Up Little Susie (Everly Brothers); crediting Curtis Jones all right while following Tommy McClennan's arrangement
Cover of YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER in 1962 - part of the lyrics of West Texas on Live At The Gaslight
Cover of BARBARA ALLEN in 1962 - 8 minute version on Live At The Gaslight; "Without Barbara Allen there'd be no Girl From The North Country"
Cover of WE SHALL BE FREE in 1962 - as I Shall Be Free on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Cover of COME ALL YE TRAMPS AND HAWKERS in 1962 - tune in The Ballad Of Donald White, about a convict who was released from an overcrowded prison; White found it impossible to cope with this freedom, asked to be re-imprisoned but was refused; and so he killed a man; Broadside recording
Cover of HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN, THE in 1962 - who learned it from Dave Van Ronk; after hearing The Animals' version, Dylan cut his own electric version (finally released on his interactive cd-rom Highway 61 Interactive)
Cover of TWO SISTERS, THE in 1963 - similar structure and tune in Percy's Song
Cover of CORRINE CORRINA in 1963 - as Corrina Corrina; free interpretation (melody & lyrics); he could have easily copyrighted it, apart from one verse out of Robert Johnson's Stones In My Passway ("I got a bird that whistles, I got a bird that sings")
Cover of POOR MAN in 1963 - melody in The Ballad Of Hollis Brown; that Hollis murdered his whole family, lyrical inspiration from The Murder Of The Lawson Family (see there)
Cover of TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME in 1963 - live at Town Hall, released in '71 on his lp More Greatest Hits; his Witmark demo (from December '62) came out on The Bootleg Series Vol 9
Cover of WORRIED BLUES in 1963 - outtake Freewheelin' session
Cover of LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL, THE in 1963 - as Farewell (My Own True Love) on Whitmark Demos and in film Inside Llewyn Davis; see also: The Last Thing On My Mind
Cover of SCARBOROUGH FAIR in 1963 - elements in both Girl From The North Country and Boots Of Spanish Leather, both written in Rome after leaving London and Martin Carthy; his arrangements were original enough to deserve Carthy's approval
Cover of DELIVERANCE WILL COME in 1963 - as Paths Of Victory; outtake of The Times They Are A-Changin' lp, Witmark demo saved up for Bootleg Series 1-3 and Vol 9
Cover of CROPPY BOY, THE in 1963 - melody and words in Bob Dylan's Dream; Dylan learned the tune from Martin Carthy when he was in England in '62 (admits it in the sleevenotes of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan lp); he might have known it (unconsciously?) from the Clancy Brothers; after all, they were invited on his 30th Anniversary Concert
Cover of LOOKING GLASS in 1964 - melody in North Country Blues; see also Red Iron Ore
Cover of LAST LETTER, THE in 1964 - his To Ramona sounds as if it's influenced by The Last Letter; in fact it is an open letter, with lyrics reminding My Melancholy Baby (see there)
Cover of RED IRON ORE in 1964 - melody in North Country Blues telling the story of when red iron pits ran plenty; see also: Looking Glass
Cover of 51ST FAREWELL TO SICILY in 1964 - influenced The Times They Are A-Changin', as always very well disguised
Cover of BALLADE DES DAMES DU TEMPS JADIS in 1964 - in Outlined Epitaphs, the eleventh song on The Times They Are A Changin'; only the lyrics are reproduced on the backsleeve; Dylan cites Villon as source of inspiration (Where are the forces of yesteryear?)
Cover of PATRIOT GAME, THE in 1964 - as With God On Our Side; used Behan's song structure to Vietnamize the song context
Cover of I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL in 1965 - melody line and overall atmosphere in Ballad Of A Thin Man
Cover of MILK COW BLUES in 1965 - tune and rhythm feel in From A Buick 6; Dylan also cut Estes' Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty
Cover of POOR ME in 1965 - elements in It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, particularly the lyric line "Don't the moon look pretty shinin' down through the tree", coming from Kokomo Arnold's Milk Cow Blues (see there)
Cover of (I'M YOUR) HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN in 1965 - the "fifth daughter on the twelfth night" stanza from Highway 61 Revisited is a discreet tip of the hat to Willy Dixon's lyrics
Cover of NINE BELOW ZERO in 1965 - lyrical and musical influences on his Outlaw Blues
Cover of TREES THEY GROW SO HIGH, THE in 1965 - as Young And Daily Growing during the Blonde On Blonde sessions (Bootleg Series Vol 12) and in '67 during the Basement sessions (Bootleg Series Vol 11)
Cover of MR. TAMBOURINE MAN in 1965 - author on lp Bringing It All Back Home; had been playing it live for seven months; there's footage of his performance during Newport '64 in Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home
Cover of MY HORSES AIN'T HUNGRY in 1965 - as Farewell Angelina; official release on Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3; in '60 as Rambler, Gambler, issued on No Direction Home (Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
Cover of I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND in 1966 - line from his Stuck Inside Of Mobile (With The Memphis Blues Again): all the railroad men just drink up your blood like wine
Cover of NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) in 1966 - influenced 4th Time Around from Blonde On Blonde, or was it vice versa? Dylan claimed he showed the Beatles 4th Time Around while they met in '64
Cover of ME AND MY CHAUFFEUR BLUES in 1966 - verse in take 1 of Leopard-skin Pill-box Hat, out on No Direction Home - Bootleg Series Vol. 7
Cover of I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW in 1970 - on Self Portrait; probably knew it from Johnny Cash, why not even from the eight year older original
Cover of WATER IS WIDE, THE in 1975 - during Rolling Thunder Revue; released on Bootleg series 5; his Lay Down Your Weary Tune, saved up for the Biograph box set, comes pretty close and Bootleg Series Vol 17 holds it as outtakes from his Time Out Of Mind sessions
Cover of COLD COLD HEART in 1981 - outtake Shot Of Love sessions
Cover of ST. JAMES INFIRMARY in 1983 - melody in Blind Willie McTell, outtake of Infidels; knew this melody through Dave Van Ronk's Gambler's Blues; in his song Dylan sings: "I'm staring out the window of the old St. James Hotel"; there is one in his state of Minnesota, with a view on Highway 61 (Main Street in Red Wing, Minnesota)
Cover of TELL ME in 1983 - outtake Infidels, saved up for Bootleg Series Vol 1-3
Cover of RED RIVER SHORE in 1997 - outtake Time Out Of Mind, saved up for Tell Tale Signs - Bootleg Series Vol 8 and afgain on Fragments - Bootleg Series Vol 17; still, there's more going on here: his version was melodically inspired by The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore, also covered (live) on Bootleg Series Vol 8; Dylan knew this saga from both the Minstrels and the Lomax collection, Girl On The Greenbriar Shore he knew from both The Carter Family and Tom Paley (see there)
Cover of ROVING GAMBLER, THE in 1997 - live; crediting Bob Flick (Brothers Four)
Cover of RETURN TO ME in 2001 - in tv series The Sopranos
Cover of MISSISSIPPI in 2001 - on Love And Theft; backing vocals: Sheryl Crow
Cover of HIGH WATER EVERYWHERE in 2001 - nodding Charley in High Water (For Charley Patton) using melody lines and sound of Clarence Ashley and Dock Boggs; in his version it's not just the Mississippi Delta flooding, it's the whole world
Cover of LOW DOWN DIRTY DOG BLUES in 2001 - as Lonesome Day Blues on Love And Theft; own lyrics (apart from the opening lines) but melody line and title (from Blind Willie McTell) were clearly borrowed; uncredited, apart from a tip of the hat on the back cover picture
Cover of CHRISTMAS BLUES, THE in 2009 - admitting how much he really wouldn't object standing in Dean Martin's shoes, during his very first Theme Time Radio Hour; so Dino's probably the version he's most familiar with
Cover of WHY TRY TO CHANGE ME NOW in 2015 - bringing Sinatra's 30-something arrangement back to his own 5-piece band, while the original was just piano, bass & drums
Cover of AIN'T NO MAN RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE in 2017 - unreleased song from the Slow Train Coming sessions (1979), saved up for Bootleg Series Vol 13 in a live version from November '79