DYLAN SONGS COVERED BY DAVE VAN RONK:
"He Was a Friend of Mine"
(Bob Dylan rewriting of traditional song)
(on Dave's first Prestige album, 1962)

NEW INFO RE "He Was a Friend of Mine", Aug 13, 1996.
"All Over You"
(as "If I Had To Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You") (with The Red Onion Jazz Band, "In The Tradition", Prestige 7800, 1963)

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sadiejane@folly.org kindly allowed me to include the following info, Aug 13, 1996:
DAVE VAN RONK at Club (47) Passim 8/10/96 DYLAN CONTENT
I caught Dave van Ronk in Harvard Square tonight. Nice little show (short) but sweet. He told two Dylan stories. The first was really about Noel (Paul) Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary fame) who was at that time performing his own brand of standup comedy in the local clubs with Dylan, Van Ronk et al. He was famous for his imitations of the Indiana 500 and a toilet flushing which he would execute with the help of a microphone. He also liked to do an imitation of Charlie Chaplin with the help of a hat and cane and apparently, BOB DYLAN's jacket. Dave went on to say that they got pretty tired of this Charlie Chaplin routine and ambushed him one night with a lemon meringue pie.
The best story of the night came as an introduction to "He Was A Friend Of Mine." First he explained, "I learned this song from Eric von Schmidt, who learned it from DYLAN, who learned it from ME" and then went on to say that each had added and changed the song to suit his own inclination until really neither of them could make claim to it's original authorship.

"About 20 years ago," he said, "we finally all got together to try to figure out where the song started," Dave, Bob, Eric and a bottle of rum. Half way through the bottle they came to a vote to split the royalties for the song three ways. "It was a democratic vote... two to one"

On his 1995 CD release, "Dave Van Ronk, From Another Time And Place" he credits two tracks to Dylan: "The Old Man" and "He Was A Friend Of Mine."

Delia ain't dead, but all the friends she ever had are gone...

That is from here.