Plea

84 of the 217 songs use it, from the first year of the writing to the last. 'Love Me Do' is the earliest, from 1962, and 'Let It Be' the last, from 1970, with With The Beatles leaning on it hardest, ten of its fourteen tracks. More of them come from 1965 or earlier than from 1967 on, 60 against twenty. John sings lead on 28 of them, Paul on 21, George on 10 and Ringo on 6. On 'Help!': direct appeal, 'Won't you please, please, help me?'. On 'If I Needed Someone': reverse plea - narrator brushes off the suitor.