Mother Nature's Son
“Swaying daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun”
A McCartney solo-Beatles acoustic folk song from the White Album, inspired by a Maharishi lecture in Rishikesh. McCartney played every instrument apart from an uncredited two-trumpet, two-trombone brass quartet arranged by George Martin.
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Paul McCartney played drums on 7 Beatles songs, taking over for Ringo on tracks like 'Wild Honey Pie', 'Don't Pass Me By', 'Mother Nature's Son'.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedAugust 9 – August 20, 1968
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968
Song familyWritten in India, Twin songsTwin of the discarded 'Child of Nature' (India, 1968), later reworked as Lennon's 'Jealous Guy'.
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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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