"Queenie-eye queenie-eye, who's got the ball, I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket, O-U-T spells OUT!"
"Queenie-eye queenie-eye, who's got the ball, I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket, O-U-T spells OUT!"
These lyrics caught my attention right away the first time I heard the song .... It's an old (& probably now forgotten) playground ball game we used to play as a child (I grew up on the Wirral - nr Liverpool but I don't know if the game was specific to the North West)
Watching "the making of" on You Tube, Sir Paul indeed confirms that this is where he got the lyrics from. :-)
These lyrics caught my attention right away the first time I heard the song .... It's an old (& probably now forgotten) playground ball game we used to play as a child (I grew up on the Wirral - nr Liverpool but I don't know if the game was specific to the North West)
Watching "the making of" on You Tube, Sir Paul indeed confirms that this is where he got the lyrics from. :-)
"Queenie eye, queenie eye, who's got the ball? I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket." It sounds like he's talking to a dog there.
"Queenie-eye queenie-eye, who's got the ball, I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket, O-U-T spells OUT!"
"Queenie-eye queenie-eye, who's got the ball, I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket, O-U-T spells OUT!"
These lyrics caught my attention right away the first time I heard the song .... It's an old (& probably now forgotten) playground ball game we used to play as a child (I grew up on the Wirral - nr Liverpool but I don't know if the game was specific to the North West) Watching "the making of" on You Tube, Sir Paul indeed confirms that this is where he got the lyrics from. :-)
These lyrics caught my attention right away the first time I heard the song .... It's an old (& probably now forgotten) playground ball game we used to play as a child (I grew up on the Wirral - nr Liverpool but I don't know if the game was specific to the North West) Watching "the making of" on You Tube, Sir Paul indeed confirms that this is where he got the lyrics from. :-)