Dylan Didn't Write Auctioned Poem

6 months ago 21st May 06:30

A poem about a dead dog - attributed to rock legend Bob Dylan - was really penned by late Canadian country singer Hank Snow.

The verse, thought to have been written by a 16-year-old Dylan in 1957,was due to go under the hammer in New York on 23 June (09) - with an expected sale price of $15,000 (Gbp10,000).

But bosses at auction house Christie's have discovered Dylan's words are in fact a revised version of lyrics of a Hank Snow song

Called Little Buddy, it read, "Broken hearted and so sadBig blue eyes all covered with tearsWas a picture of sorrow to seeKneeling close to the side of his pal and only pride a little lad, these words he told me".

But bosses at auction house Christie's have discovered Dylan's words are in fact "a revised version of lyrics of a Hank Snow song".

The poem will still be auctioned - along with a collection of Dylan memorabilia - and auctioneers expect it will still fetch hundreds of dollars, because it "remains among the earliest known handwritten lyrics of Bob Dylan".