‘What’s going on in Bob Dylan’s head’: Mr Tambourine Man lyrics up for auction

Rare drafts of one of Dylan’s best known songs found in journalist’s archive could fetch up to $1 million as part of wider legacy sale

In March 1964, the rock journalist Al& Aronowitz awoke to find Bob Dylan asleep on his sofa and the lyrics to Mr& Tambourine Man crumpled up in his rubbish bin.

The 22-year-old Dylan had spent the night writing and rewriting his new song on a portable typewriter at Aronowitz’s home in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, before chucking away the early drafts and stretching out on his friend’s couch.