Bob Dylan's hand-written lyrics to the 1960s anthem 'The Times They Are A-Changin' will hit the auction block next month and could sell for more than a quarter-million dollars, Sotheby's said on Tuesday.

The dog-eared, smudged and discolored 8-1/2 by 11 inch sheaf of lyrics, topped with an underscored "by Bob Dylan," are set to be sold on December 10 with an estimate of $200,000 to $300,000, Sotheby's said.

Dylan wrote the classic song, which he said was influenced by Scottish and Irish ballads, during his early years in New York and it served as the title track of his 1964 album. Since then, it has been recorded by dozens of artists from The Beach Boys to Josephine Baker.

Sotheby's will offer it for sale on Dec. 10.

Hand-written lyrics by icons of such stature can fetch huge sums at auction. Last June, John Lennon's lyrics to 'A Day in the Life,' the final song on the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' album, soared to $1.2 million, far more than the $500,000 to $800,000 Sotheby's had estimated.