One Of The Best Songs In The Universe Is About a Dog
The Beatles have a lot of animal songs in their discography – “Piggies,” “Rocky Raccoon,” “Blackbird”… actually, pretty much all of the White Album. However, the only one about a LITERAL animal sneaks up on ya. “Martha My Dear,” though seemingly just a song about a quirky-ass girl, was written by Paul McCartney for his Old English sheepdog, Martha.
McCartney got Martha in June 1966, right after she was born. According to Paul:
“She was a dear pet of mine. I remember John (Lennon) being amazed to see me being so loving to an animal.” He said, ‘I’ve never seen you like that before.’ I’ve since thought, you know, he wouldn’t have. It’s only when you’re cuddling around with a dog that you’re in that mode, and she was a very cuddly dog.”
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