Mary Had a Little Lamb - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS

[SuperKabella]

Mama sang the nursery rhyme to me when I was a little girl. She also read Wynkin, Blynkin, and Nod to me. Mom died in 2000. If I think about that too much, my eyes tear up.

[rockinrodney5000]

@SuperKabella My eyes shed tears now.....Because I have a fever. XD

[gerberluce]

my daddy used to play this for me when i was a little girl. brings bacl memories. #PowerToPaul

[Miracle490d]

MY FAVORITE VERSION OF THIS HAS MORE INSTRUMENTS AND HARMONIES, BUT YOU CAN HEAR THE WORDS CLEARER ON SOME SPOTS HERE. i HAD A FEW LINES A BIT WRONG. GOOD TO HAVE IT MAKE BETTER SENSE NOW. SWEET END I NEVER FULLY CAUGHT.

[Shaytime6]

@Miracle490d The lyrics are exactly the same as the nursery rhyme!

[tr4nc3d]

This is the fake Mcartney

[dcodesystem]

One of my favorite song. I love this song so much.

[Miracle490d]

@dcodesystem Me too. I was just craving it, singing to myself, so I got on youtube. I loved this the first time I heard it on Breakfast with the Beatles or was it Radio AHs? I'm not sure now. I was thinking AHs along with Little Richard singing "You Keep On Knocking" to knock knock jokes. it was a cute kids station . But I always loved how this built up the music intensifying each chorus. He did more than jazz it up, he remade it!!! I never sang the nursery ryme version. This Rocks!!! LOL

[OwiOro]

GREAT PAUL!!!!

[jose785255]

que tal sacada de mierda en el 2:56 jajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja

[ilythebeatles]

id rather my kid sing this version :3



[njriley55]

Wasn't it also for his 4 year-old daughter Mary?

[dobrautero]

@njriley55 Song was in protest to BBC for banning GIBTTI. He is sarcastically saying "BBC ban this one!"

[JamesTKirkCobain]

This is my favorite Paul McCartney song of all time because it so todally like the nursery rhyme. I play this 30 times a day in my ipod

[kerensasdad]

That was filmed in the grounds of the school I work in next to Tyke's Water Lake.

[bearkt]

Mary had a little lamb... Linda had a giant horse!

[icanwaitanotherday]

Wow, Paul was beautiful in this video!!!

[mooghead]

Fucking hell I just found myself swaying to this.... no more beer for me :-~

[superman11978]

I understand why he did this song, but that still doesn't change the fact that he's singing Mary Had a Little Lamb while rocking a mullet. It's embarrassing footage of the Beethoven of the 20th century, regardless.

[FabFM]

@superman11978 It's never embarrassing to not care what others think, give in to the people who think they are "cool" and better than the rest of us and do what you want. If you life your life like that you avoid embarrassment. McCartney is the greatest and just like "yesterday", "hey jude", "let it be", "mull of kintyre", "pipes of peace", "my love", "live and let die", "humpty dumpty" and "happy birthday", people will be singing "mary had a little lamb" 1000 years from now!

[Lurking99]

Nice PROSTHETIC EARS and HAIRDO, FAUL!!! Fucking fake/fraud. Paul McCartney died in '66.

[MEGAKECK2009]

@Lurking99 No in ´61!

[flaxonx3]

He didn't have to make a quote that it was a two-fingers to the establishment, McCartney's got more style than that. It was obviously a tongue in cheek riposte to the banning of the other records done with typical McCartney dry humour. Mind you I was eight at the time & liked the record at face value.

[elizabethjay28]

good song nice video i remember it well its a pity he has turned a bit weird now

[bjoybeads]

He wrote this because he had little children at the time & this was for them....nothing to do with the BBC -

[mooghead]

@bjoybeads

Wrong.... this is the internet.... try finding out about stuff before posting stuff on youtube

[MagicalMysteryTube]

Who else but Macca could take a nursery rhyme and turn it into a respectable pop musical piece?

What a gift to be able to sing so effortlessly.

[tristianity4u]

The theory that this song was a "protest" against his previous singles being banned is false. Find a McCartney quote that supports this argument.... He was mainly singing for his kids during this period...

[motherbrain86]

nice mullet macca, this is proof macca can tackle anything music wise and it will satisfiy, this should be the only version of this nusery ryhem

[MichaelMacer]

Fair enough if he wrote it for his daughter but he didn't have to release it to the general public. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Pauls but he does suffer from acute lapse in taste syndrome from time to time.

[Libralin6]

This song was also for his daughter Mary who was a little girl around this time. Its a sweet song. Dont forget Paul wrote music for some animated shows too. Im going to play this for my new grandaughter...

[swami1]

I wonder how long it took Linda to learn how to operate a swing and play a tambourine simultaneously.

[Panthus10]

This is terrible.

[KenBSpencer]

Paul was asked DIRECTLY was this an answer to the banning of Hi Hi Hi, and Give Ireland Back to Irish, Paul (at the time!) said, absolutly not, the kids were very young at the time, and this all they responded to... and by the way this is the one from the Flip Wilson Show... not James Paul McCartney.. jeez!

[luizamartinellirossi]

@Tarn1968

Rolling Stone?

[indyandsam]

Its less embarassing than "Give Ireland back...". The lyrics are better in this song

[windycitygal1000]

Pauls hair looks nice in this vid. Nice cut.

[4FabBEATLES]

what a cute video--it wos Paul still was a kid at heart--as well as daring to challenge the BBC for banning his work (at least the bans made it more popular)

[johnlemmon]

welll done paul.....

[tomthefunky]

If you play this song backwards, Paul says "Yoko is a chink".

[bufonoise]

3:18 wow !! paul is good driving the ball

[swanzkoft]

it is not for children people it was Paul protesting the banning by british radio for not playing Hi Hi Hi for its drug and sexual contents

[studerj37]

Try to see that Paul does a children song here.

Nothing serious... just a plain song with children in mind.

written for his daughter Mary who was 4 years old at the time.

From that aspect it´s great!

And from interviews with Paul: his two prior singles

(give Ireland back to the Irish and Hi Hi Hi was banned by the BBC.

It was like try to ban this....

[jsilence418]

When he does garbage here it is !

[sfwaller]

Cute song for kids

[roehrw]

total shit

[Acipiho]

beautiful genius!

[acepipe123]

Paul have a heart, try to catch one heart too.

[marylamb25]

Paul forever ...

[caprice6]

Paul McCartney written this song for his step-daughter Heather who was five years old back then.

[TheBeatlesAreLife]

My Mum and Dad never liked Wings but I totally love them. Whenever I start talking about how great they are, they just keep saying 'What? Like Mary Had A Little Lamb? Pfft.' and tried to say they were rubbish by it. But really. I bloody love this song and I think Wings did a fantastic job of it!

Paul is a genius.

[indiebird12]

What happend to the helter skelter!?

i know what you and they mean. its not edgy like john, this is totally innocent music. in a way i prefer john and georges music to this, but just sometimes i want to hear this to feel a little endearment:)

[bige3360]

Hi Hi Hi and give ireland back to the Irish was banned. So he came out with this and said, let them ban this song. A muscial genious, I am surprised at you music critics that you cant see this. I am not a big fan of the video. But McCartney is the best of all time.

[profilercms]

Fuck this shit. A musical icon such as Paul playing this shit. I can't stand it. Never again!

[flyeguy]

'. Anyhow statement or not a truly awful song,'

thats the whole point!

.now crawl back under your rock.

[suzulennon4]

This song is very kawaiii!

[mistofoles]

Eh?

[Paulmancieri67]

OK. I like the song (somewhat) but dear god this video!!!!!!!!!!! What on earth was he thinking? This is almost as bad as "Gotta Sing Gotta Dance"......well at least this is a decent song.

[marceg8]

i think im gonna get my band to play this at my schools battle of the bands, thatll show everybody. haha

[sfwaller]

I bought this on a 45 as a kid. He's the topper most of the popper most, sweet voice and still alive. Macca rules !!

[Sputnikvi]

xD This is great. Much improved on the original. I like how smart Paul was being with the beeb. xD

[flyeguy]

ok you morons.

this is the real story behind this song.

Paul released this song because the BBC had banned his previous record of'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' as being too 'polictical'

so basicaly this is Paul saying'Fuck You' to the BBC.

he figured he would do a 180 degree from releasing a social statement to an absurd nursery rhyme which he jazzed up.

so do your research,& get the facts before you pass judgement,you fucking know nothin pricks.

[kooodeal]

You are right....It's well known facts.

[GeminiSpaceship]

Here is a fellow that has anger mangement problems. Count to 10 old boy or better still seel professional advice. Anyhow statement or not a truly awful song, though Macca is a genius.

[parmelee23]

@flyeguy nice job

[caprice6]

@flyeguy Actually, Mary was about 4 and it was written for her. Mary his first daughter.

[caprice6]

@caprice6  It was written at Mary's request.

[pbrick6301]

@flyeguy your curse words do not phase me. when a person use curse words you know what they are really sayiing? i will teell you: they are saying "i cannot handle life strain i am still a infant:.

what a jackass you are and no jackass isnt officially a curse word becuase it is in the Bible and Jesus would never allow evil in the Bible. You stupid jackass.

I hope you are proud of your self jack ass.

Go home & confess to you're kids "I am a stupid ass uneducted jack ass"

[JBofBrisbane]

@pbrick6301 - Awful lot of evil in the Bible - go back and read the Old Testament (you know, before Jesus came along).

[bobbollu]

@flyeguy ok everybody be nice out there in youtube land

[CTcookielady]

@flyeguy

What he said! :D

[Miracle490d]

@flyeguy WOW you mean Paul actually tried to say something important? He's usually Mr. happy all the time. I thought this song was just another example of his happy go lucky life is sunshine all the time persona. Don't get me wrong. I like Paul & grew up on Wings pep, but I grew to love songs that say more. I miss George! And John was gone before I knew anything. But thanks for that info. Good to hear Paul said FU BBC. But I still love that Paul still made the music good.

[Poppenhuis]

His hair! <3

I am gonna play this for my children :)

Who cares if it's profound or not...

Paul McCartney paid his dues, so if you don't like this one, there's a gazillion other ones!

[marvy1118]

Why couldn't Paul do a bit of kids' music withut getting reamed for it? Yellow submarine, Octopus's Garden and "Good Night" were written for kids, and no one complained. Paul's little daughter was named Mary so maybe this was for her. People are so toopid.

[tristianity4u]

This is the low point of a solo career filled with low points.

[kooodeal]

stevie ray vaughan had his own version of Mary's little lamb ,with a bluey rock beat.

[gibson3524]

@kooodeal1: But Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Mary had a little lamb" is an entirely different song. The original of that was a blues song by Buddy Guy recorded for Chess Records. That has nothing to do with this song (except the title).

[kooodeal]

No, they all covered the Nursery rhyme and some of the words,but they are as different as Picasso's painting of a woman and Michael Angelo's

[gibson3524]

But it's an entirely different SONG!

[michaelflorida48]

Paul can take any comglomeration of words and put a great tune to it, the master at work !

[zmznzbzvzmznzb]

Oh my God. The Foos so stoll this

[alphadogstudio]

if you look up insipid in the dictionary they should have this song playing

ps: I love paul/beatles but this sucks

[mommastacie]

Another song my dad used to play & sing to us when we were little lol My kids love it now. :)

[poszahj]

The song was done not so much as a dare but as a protest about the way the BBC had banned his two previous records, "Give Ireland back to the Irish" and "Hi hi hi". He released a nursery rhyme to say to the BBC "I dare you to ban me again".

[tristianity4u]

That's total bullshit. He wrote this to sing to his kids and had the stupidity to release it as a single. Too much ganja!

[4FabBEATLES]

@poszahj he did a whole kids album by the way-- including this song, and you're correct- paul wanted to prove he could write good music in spite of bans

[MichaelSundberg]

I always heard that this song was done on a dare. The fact that Paul pulled it off reasonably well is a testament to his songwriting ability. I also like the fact that he does what he wants and doesn't care what anyone thinks.

[donnys1girl]

Oh, how awful!!!

[Bellyflops2]

This song did not help Paul's rock credentials.

[manbigus]

Well, it's hard to improve when you are regarded as the greates rock star of all time. He does what he wants and has done pretty well over the past 1/2 century. No entertainer has ever achieved the Superstar status he has. No one other than John, George and Ringo have been close.

[Taisto]

This must be a different take then the one off "Wild Life". I don't remember hearing strings.

[Kiquegil]

La propia canción, que no aparecía en el LP "Wild Life", al que correspondía, sino como single, es un poco una rareza, para los que accedimos a la discografía a base de comprar los vinilos y no tuviésemos acceso a los sencillos. Pero este video, a mitad de camino entre el estilo de hacerlos como "Hey Jude", o "Revolution", donde mezclaban pistas grabadas con sonido directo, lo es más aún, fascinante. La armonía de las voces y la secuencia de acordes es de lo mejor de la época.

[PaulM678347]

I'm sure John and George rolled their eyes when they saw this. Too funny.

[amarnamriju]

haha yea

[heiwa2001]

just awesome!

[ericdapugi]

nice......

[robatrhema]

For some reason I alway s thought this song was done by The Sweet. My bad.