40 covers of original songs that inspired bob dylan. As a devotee of the earliest blues and folk music, bob dylan honed his craft by absorbing all of the classics of those genres on which he could lay his hands. That was no mean feat, with records that were very difficult to find and being exchanged for what will have been relatively large sums at the time.? 1 house of the risin' sun clarence 'tom' ashley and gwen foster2 let's stick together wilbert harrison3 can't help falling in love elvis presley4 this land is your land woody guthrie5 train of love johnny cash the tennessee two6 cross road blues robert johnson7 boogie woogie country girl big joe turner8 freight train blues roy acuff9 let it be me jill corey with jimmy carroll and his orchestra10 man of constant sorrow emry arthur11 my blue eyed jane jimmie rodgers12 red cadillac and a black moustache bob luman13 barbry allen barbara allen bradley kincaid14 when did you leave heaven? Tony martin15 see that my grave is kept clean blind lemon jefferson16 corinne, corinna bo carter17 handsome molly grayson whitter18 the gypsy laddie blackjack davey john jacob niles19 stack o' lee blues waring's pennsylvanian's20 take a message to mary the everly brothers21 blue moon glen gray and his casa loma orchestra22 cocaine blues roy hogsed23 a fool such as i hank snow24 i can't get you off my mind hank williams25 pretty boy floyd woody guthrie26 fixin' to die bukka white27 gotta travel on billy grammer28 the house carpenter pete seeger29 cuckoo bird clarence ashley30 kentucky moonshiner ed mccurdy31 tomorrow night horace heidt and his orchestra32 he was a friend of mine rolf cahn and eric von schmidt33 delhia jimmie gordon34 sitting on top of the world the mississippi sheiks35 froggie went a courtin' bradley kincaid36 broke down engine blues blind willie mctell37 roll and tumble blues hambone willie newbern38 mama let me lay it on you baby let me follow you down blind boy fuller39 i ain't got no home in this world any more woody guthrie40 the christmas song chestnuts roasting on an open fire