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I think many song writers just take a song they like and rearrange it or parts of it--speed it up, slow it down, etc...

This has been known for a long time. Stewball is an old traditional English folk song that doesn't have a copyright. Here is a link to the story of the creation of "Happy Xmas" "

https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/john-lennon-happy-xmas-war-is-over-lyrics-meaning/

There are many songs in the history of rock n roll that use melodies from earlier non copyrighted songs -

Whiter Shade of Pale
American Tune
House of the Rising Sun
Girl From the North Country
Scarborough Fair

In comment 14243447 Searcher said:

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This has been known for a long time. Stewball is an old traditional English folk song that doesn't have a copyright. Here is a link to the story of the creation of "Happy Xmas" " https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/john-lennon-happy-xmas-war-is-over-lyrics-meaning/ There are many songs in the history of rock n roll that use melodies from earlier non copyrighted songs - Whiter Shade of Pale American Tune House of the Rising Sun Girl From the North Country Scarborough Fair

Searcher -- I've been searching for the answer and you seem to be the one with the answer! Thanks.

..for My Sweet Lord sounding too much like He's So Fine

he purposely takes ideas from other writers, puts his own twist on a song.

Songwriters steal (er, borrow) from traditional sources as well as from each other all the time.

Some here might remember me, and that my brother is a songwriter.

But are there any early Dylan experts here?

Here's a 13-minute song my brother wrote in 1975 and recorded in 1998. It's based on a form and a melody very much like what Dylan used a few years earlier. In fact, some people might say he JP stole it.

Can you name the original?

Crossroads Where I Stand - ( New Window )

in the first verse. Can't listen to the whole thing right now but I will.

Sounds very nice - you have a right to be proud.

In comment 14243859 Waldo Jeffers said:

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in the first verse. Can't listen to the whole thing right now but I will. Sounds very nice - you have a right to be proud.

Thanks for the guess, but that's not it. JP's "Crossroads" does pick up after the first verse or two though.

I'll post the original later this evening. Pretty sure you'll be able to spot the match.

Weird. I left the quotation marks in the subject line and the software couldn't see what was typed there..

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In comment 14244622 JohnG in Albany said:

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Thanks for playing, John. Thanks to anybody that thought about it for a second.


Here's the original. Hear the similarity? - ( New Window )