Draft lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” went for over a half-million dollars as part of a weekend sale of dozens of items related to the iconic American singer-songwriter.

The typewritten drafts were among 60 items on sale in an auction, most of them from the personal collection of music journalist Al Aronowitz.

The lyrical drafts were among 60 items that were up for sale in the dedicated auction for acclaimed musician Dylan.

Bob Dylan ’s typewritten drafts for his hit 1965 song “Mr Tambourine Man” have sold for more than £400,000 at auction in Nashville, Tennessee. The two yellow sheets of paper contain three progressive drafts of the lyrics with annotations on the third draft of the song.

The original handwritten lyrics of an early draft of Bob Dylan's hit Mr. The two yellowed sheets, featuring three typewritten drafts of the song alongside Dylan's handwritten notes, went under the hammer at a sale organised by Julien's Auctions at the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville,

Typewritten drafts of Bob Dylan song Mr Tambourine Man have sold for more than half a million dollars after they were auctioned in the USA.

A spectacular haul of Bob Dylan memorabilia, including early drafts of the singer and songwriter’s number 1 hit “Mr. Tambourine Man” and an original oil painting, will soon go under the hammer.

Bob Dylan’s handwritten drafts of Mr Tambourine Man fetch €500,000 at a Nashville auction, showcasing the legend’s enduring impact

Two pages of lyrics, written in the kitchen of a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll journalist, offer glimpses into the Nobel Prize-winning musician’s writing process.

The original lyrics came from the personal collection of late American journalist Al Aronowitz and date back to early 1964.