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Nature

Imagery drawn from natural landscapes, seasons, weather, plants, or the natural world

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From 1963 to 1970, almost the whole of the writing, it is in the words of 47 songs. Beatles For Sale leans on it hardest, six of its fourteen tracks. It first turns up on 'Anna (Go to Him)', cut 11 February 1963, and was last heard on 'Two of Us'. John sings lead on twenty of them, Paul on ten, Ringo on six and George on five. Three of them share it on 'Because'. On 'Mother Nature's Son': mountain stream, field of grass, daisies, sun. On 'The Fool on the Hill': hill, sun going down, world spinning.

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	'If the sun has faded away'
2	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	'Stars that shine, dark is the sky'
3	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Earth
4	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Rain, sun
5	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Rain, sky
6	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Star
7	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	Rain, sun

8	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	'Beneath a shady tree'
9	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Bird
10	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Sea, sun, waves, sky
11	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Rain
12	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	'River', 'flowers', 'shore'
13	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Rain
14	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Sky, garden, sun, rain
15	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Hill, sun going down, world spinning
16	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	Earth
17	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Bird, night imagery
18	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Wind, sea
19	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	'Sun turns out his light', moon
20	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Sky, earth, cloud, rock
21	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Mountain stream, field of grass, daisies, sun
22	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ocean, sky, moon, sand, cloud, sun
23	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Shore, hill, ocean
24	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'Sky is blue', 'birds will sing', 'clouds'
25	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Garden, bird
26	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	Tree
27	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Winter, ice melting, sun
28	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Coral, seabed, waves
29	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	Sun
30	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	World, wind, sky
31	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Rain, wind, suns, light
32	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Sun
33	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	Stone
34	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Rain, wind, light, sun imagery
35	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	Moon, wind
36	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	Bird

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Songs(36 of 47)

Any Time at All

And I Love Her

A Hard Day's Night

I'll Follow the Sun

I'm a Loser

Drive My Car

Rain

Good Day Sunshine

And Your Bird Can Sing

Yellow Submarine

Penny Lane

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Fixing a Hole

I Am the Walrus

The Fool on the Hill

The Inner Light

Blackbird

Honey Pie

Good Night

Yer Blues

Mother Nature's Son

Julia

Glass Onion

Dear Prudence

Cry Baby Cry

All Together Now

Here Comes the Sun

Octopus's Garden

Sun King

Because

Across the Universe (Wildlife version)

Two of Us

Dig It

Across the Universe

Dig a Pony

Free as a Bird