List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes
This is a list of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes. Throughout his career, Bob Dylan has drawn inspiration from many traditional folk sources, including the below songs written by Dylan which borrow from earlier works.
| Dylan song | Original tune | Notes and links |
| "Ballad in Plain D" | "My Last Farewell to Stirling" | |
| "Ballad of Hollis Brown" | "Pretty Polly" | |
| "Blind Willie McTell" | "St James Infirmary Blues" | |
| "Blowin' in the Wind" | "No More Auction Block" | |
| "Bob Dylan's Dream" | "Lady Franklin's Lament" | |
| "Boots of Spanish Leather" | "Scarborough Fair" | |
| "Buckets of Rain" | "Bottle of Wine" | |
| "Chimes of Freedom" | "Chimes of Trinity" | |
| "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons " | |
| "False Prophet" | "If Lovin' is Believing" | |
| "Farewell" | "The Leaving of Liverpool" | |
| "Farewell, Angelina" | "Farewell to Tarwathie" | |
| "Girl from the North Country" | "Scarborough Fair" | |
| "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" | "Lord Randall" | |
| "Hard Times in New York Town" | "Down On Penny's Farm" | |
| "I Shall Be Free" | "We Shall Be Free" | |
| "John Brown" | "Mrs. McGrath" | |
| "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" | "The Water Is Wide" / "Oh Waly, Waly" | |
| "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" | "Mary Hamilton", "Child Ballad 173" | |
| "Masters of War" | "Nottamun Town" | |
| "Obviously Five Believers" | "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" | |
| "Percy's Song" | "The Wind and the Rain" | |
| "Pledging My Time" | "It Hurts Me Too" | |
| "Restless Farewell" | "The Parting Glass" | |
| "Song to Woody" | "1913 Massacre" | |
| "Things Have Changed" | "The Observations of a Crow", "The Future" | |
| "The Times They Are a-Changin'" | "Farewell to Sicily" | |
| "Troubled and I Don't Know Why" | "What Did the Deep Sea Say?" | |
| "Walls of Red Wing" | "The Road and the Miles to Dundee" | |
| "With God on Our Side" | "The Patriot Game" |