The
British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already
formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to Beatles' classics
"Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life."
Although
these three songs are legally credited to Lennon and band mate Paul
McCartney, the wistful, evocative lyrics are primarily associated with
Lennon. The manuscripts and a number of Lennon's letters were donated to
the library by Hunter Davies, a Beatles biographer with longtime
connections to the Fab Four.
"The British Library is the perfect home for it," he said of his unmatched Beatles collection.
The library already had some rare Beatles material on display,
including some scrawled partial lyrics to earlier songs written on hotel
stationery during the band's tours. The new material, however, catches
the band near the height of its creative powers, with Lennon's haunting
lyrics often offset by McCartney's sunnier take on life.
The
foreboding "Strawberry Fields Forever" captures Lennon's ruminations
about their childhood home of Liverpool, while McCartney's "Penny Lane" —
the flip side of the single record — offers a much more cheerful take
on the city of their youth.
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