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A sad poem written by Bob Dylan is up for auction at Christie's and is expected to fetch between ten to fifteen grand.
"Little Buddy" is about a boy losing his dog after a drunken man beats it to death. Originally published in the Herzl Herald -- Dylan's camp newspaper -- in 1958, the handwritten copy of "Little Buddy" was written in blue ink and is signed Bobby Zimmerman. Read the poem after the jump.
The editor of the newspaper, Lisa Heilicher, has kept the original submission for over fifty years. "I kept it with all of my stuff that I collected from camp," Heilicher said. "When I realized how famous he had become, I
put it in a piece of plastic and stuck it in an encyclopedia."
All proceeds from the winning bidder will be donated to Herzl Camp, which sits on the shores of Devils Lake, in Minnesota.
There's a ton of other Dylan memorabilia up for auction at Christie's. Check it out.
UPDATE: Holy plagiarism! Turns out "Little Buddy" was actually written by Hank Snow and was featured on Snow's 1958 album When Tragedy Struck. Seems like young Zimmerman changed a few lyrics and submitted the poem as his own work. Ah, to be 16 again.

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