 According to Shelton, Dylan credited the melody of "Bob Dylan's Dream" to the traditional broadside ballad "Lord Franklin" (also known as "Lady Franklin's Lament" and "The Sailor's Dream"), which he learned from British folksinger Martin Carthy, while visiting London in late December 1962.However, Dylan may have learned the song even earlier from his Village friend Paul Clayton, who had recorded it in 1957 for his album "Whaling and Sailing Songs