Child Of Nature Lyrics

"Child Of Nature" is a song written by John Lennon. When The Beatles were at India they attended a lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi about a "son of the mother nature". It inspired both John Lennon and Paul McCartney to write songs about the same subject. McCartney's composition "Mother Nature's Son" was selected for The Beatles (The White Album), while Lennon's song "Child Of Nature" was not. However, both were demoed at George Harrison's Esher home in May of 1968. The demo featured Lennon's double-tracked his vocal and playing an acoustic guitar. After that, Lennon continued to play it into the Get Back sessions. Eventually, the lyrics were scrapped and replaced by the now well known "Jealous Guy" lyrics for Imagine. Three recordings of "Child of Nature" are currently known. The first is a demo of the song recorded at the home of George Harrison in May 1968. The second, on which George sings backing vocals, was recorded at Twickenham Film Studios on 2 January 1969. A third recording was made at Apple Studios on 24 January. A snatch of the chorus from the second recording appears on the Fly on the Wall bonus disc packaged with Let It Be... Naked.