Dear Mr Dylan
Liner notes
I got into trouble with Mitch Benn once -- April 2011, it says here. He ran a comedy songwriting podcast and I submitted a topical comedy song to the tune of Simple Twist of Fate without realising that the rules insisted on original melodies. I figured the only way to make it up was a song of apology; I do have a nagging suspicion that the punchline isn't original either. This was reworked many years later as Dear Mr Rubik for the Pseudorandom Ensemble.Dear Mr Dylan, I write to apologise
I recently borrowed one of your tunes, you say it's plagiarised
Mr Dylan: I'm not a copyright fan
But Mr Dylan: I copy you as right as I can.
Dear Mr Dylan, native of Duluth
There's one thing everyone learns about three chords and the truth
When you're a folk singer searching for your own sound
Pretty soon you're going to find there's not enough tunes to go round
Mr Dylan: I'm not a copyright fan
But Mr Dylan: I copy you as right as I can.
Dear Mr Dylan, please don't call it stealing
After all, you've done the same thing on every album since Freewheelin'
Mr Dylan: I'm not a copyright fan
But Mr Dylan: I copy you as right as I can.