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“Cry Baby Cry” is a song by The Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles, also known as The White Album. “Cry Baby Cry” is the final song on the album featuring the group’s instrumental presence. It is about an old nursery rhyme that John Lennon remembered from his youth.
The song is followed by a brief segment, written by Paul McCartney often referred to as “Can You Take Me Back”.

When asked about “Cry Baby Cry” in 1980, Lennon replied, “Not me. A piece of rubbish.” The “Not me” part is either a mistake in Lennon’s memory, an error in the transcription of the interviewer’s audio tape of the interview, or Lennon sarcastically disowning the song. Paul McCartney said, “Cry Baby Cry was another of John’s songs from India,”although demos of the song indicate it was written in late 1967. The original lyrics were “Cry baby cry, make your mother buy.” Lennon describes to biographer Hunter Davies how he got the words from an advertisement. The “Duchess of Kirkcaldy” mentioned in the song was a creation of Lennon’s, possibly inspired by the Beatles’ gig in the town of the same name in 1963.
George Martin plays harmonium on this track (introduced after the first statement of “make your mother sigh”). This was the same harmonium Lennon used on “We Can Work It Out” and that Martin had previously used on “The Word”.
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  • The White Album
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  • Anthology 3 (disc 1)
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  • A Dolls House
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  • The Beatles (The White Album) (disc 2)
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  • victorfromhell

    GREAT! I'm addicted.

    17 days ago

  • Spacer-

    Wish the ending would go on forever.

    last month

  • lis_sofobia

    Cry baby cry, make your mother si-i-i-i-igh.

    last month

  • jillian8

    great version.

    February 2012

  • rehlopes

    My fav. ♥

    February 2012

  • VomitGirl

    Am I just hallucinating or is this entirely different than the album version? I'm pretty sure I'm not hallucinating although I often am. And I mean, don't get me wrong, I understand hallucinations are generally perceived as a more visual thing as opposed to an auditory thing but when I'm hallucinating I generally have auditory distortions as well and I'm damn sure this isn't the same version I've heard on vinyl. Still though, pretty darn neat 4 sure, tis always a pleasure to hear beatles stuff.

    December 2011

  • jimgravy845

    See my earlier post

    December 2011

  • Sasu_Prog

    THE DRUMS!!!!!!!!!!!

    October 2011

  • jimgravy845

    Why is there no rock band as good as this today?

    October 2011

  • jorlightpenguin

    I love the piano in this song.

    August 2011

  • Maudie00

    really beautiful. and i'll cry baby.

    August 2011

  • El_Salvador7

    The bass line is amazing here...

    July 2011

  • davidbowiegirl

    Great song

    July 2011

  • ZackZeppelin

    Creepy...

    July 2011

  • rudesam

    the kids are dead

    June 2011

  • mosnterks

    LOVE THIS <#

    May 2011

  • Ksimi

    Could have been easily included on Sgt. Pepper

    April 2011

  • ikarus999

    lovely song.

    February 2011

  • naohiroxx1968

    R&R http://www.myspace.com/electronicswarrior

    January 2011

  • kristenbrutus

    I wish 'Can You Take Me Back' made the cut.

    December 2010
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