Little Child
“Won't you dance with me?”
A Lennon-McCartney album filler written quickly to give Ringo a vocal – though John ended up taking the lead with Paul harmonizing. Built on a 12-bar foundation with John's harmonica weaving through the verses.
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This song is the earliest Beatles song to mention Luck, which goes on to appear on 8 in all.
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedSeptember 11 – October 3, 1963
ReleasedNovember 22, 1963
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[ADJ] and[NOUN] with[NOUN] won't[VERB] a[VERB] and[VERB] on[VERB] so[VERB] with[VERB] youa [NOUN]and [ADJ]and [VERB]have [WORD]just [VERB]me [WORD]mine [WORD]my [NOUN]on [VERB]so [ADJ]so [NOUN]so [VERB]to [VERB]you [VERB][ADJ] and [ADJ][VERB] [VERB] on[VERB] a [NOUN][VERB] and [VERB][VERB] on [VERB][VERB] so [NOUN][VERB] with me[VERB] you [VERB][WORD] [VERB] onhave [WORD] [WORD]if you [VERB]me [WORD] [WORD]so [VERB] [VERB]to [VERB] youwon't you [VERB]you [VERB] soyou're mine [WORD][NOUN] [VERB] a [NOUN]we'll have [WORD] [WORD]you [VERB] and [VERB]you [VERB] so [NOUN]you [VERB] with me[VERB] you [VERB] so [NOUN][ADJ] [NOUN] won't you [VERB] with[NOUN] won't you [VERB] with me
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C → FC → GC → G7C → F → CC → B♭C → AC → G → DC → G → FC → F → C → GC → DC → F → GC → D → GC7 → F7C7 → B♭7C → B♭ → FC → F → B♭C → G → F → DC → B♭ → G → C → FC → F → C7C7 → F7 → C7 → G7 → F7 → C7 → G7C9 → FC → B♭ → GC → A → D → GC7 → F7 → C7 → G7C → A → DC → F → C → G → FC7 → G7C → G → C → DC7 → G7 → D7C → F → C → G → F → C → GC → G → C → D → GC7 → B♭7 → F7C7 → G7 → F7C7 → F7 → C7 → G7 → F7
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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