Bob Dylan accused of plagiarism

New York, May 22: The poem "Little Buddy", which was considered to be singer Bob Dylan`s original work, is apparently actually an old country song.The news came just 24 hours after the original handwritten version of "Little Buddy" was put up for auction by Christie`s, reported themirror.co.uk.

The song had been touted as an example of Dylan`s "brilliance even as a 16-year-old". But, as a country fan pointed out, most of the words were from a song by Canadian Hank Snow. It was recorded in 1948, 11 years before Dylan submitted his poem to a Jewish summer camp newspaper in Wisconsin. Christie`s is pressing on with the auction here as it is for charity. The poem was expected to fetch up to over $150,000. IANS