[Verse 2] The king was in the garden Picking flowers for a friend who came to play The queen was in the playroom Painting pictures for the children's holiday
[Chorus] Cry, baby, cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better So cry, baby, cry
[Chorus] Cry, baby, cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better So cry, baby, cry Cry, cry, cry, baby Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better So cry, baby, cry Cry and cry and cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know better So cry, baby, cry
“Cry Baby Cry” is the eleventh track on the second half of The Beatles' White Album, released in 1968. The outro is a brief segment by Paul McCartney called “Can You Take Me Back,” which was originally going to be part of another song called “I Will”.
Lennon got the inspiration for the lyrics from an advertisement and the nursery rhymes told to him as a kid. Later on, he would call this one of his “Throwaway Songs.”
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