I've said it before and I'll say it again .. compare God on our Side to Dominic Behan's Patriot Game. Not only has the tune been lifted but compare Behan: My name is O'Hanlon. Dylan: My name it means nothing. Behan: My age is sixteen. Dylan: My age it means less. Behan: My home is in Monaghan, 'Twas there I was weaned. Dyan: The Country I come from is called the Midwest. Behan: I was taught all my life cruel England to blame. Dylan: I was taught and brought up there, its laws to abide. Behan: And made me a part of the Patriot Game. Dylan: And the country I live in has God on its side.

Much has been made of the possibility that Behan used a trad tune called The Nightingale but it obvious that Dylan 'modelled' his song on Behan's. I know this for a fact because I discussed The Patriot Game with Dylan way back in the early sixties, before he wrote God on our Side.
Jim McLean