Paul McCartney's lyrics to the Beatles classic Hey Jude up for auction
A set of Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics to the classic Beatles song Hey Jude will be offered at auction in the U.S this month.
McCartney used the lyrics during the recording of the song at Trident Studios in London in July 1968, and later gifted them to a studio engineer.
The musical manuscript is now expected to fetch $200,000 – $300,000 when it hits the block at Gotta Have Rock and Roll Auctions on July 26.
Paul McCartney famously wrote Hey Jude for John Lennon’s son Julian, after Lennon left his wife Cynthia for Yoko Ono.
“I started with the idea “Hey Jules,” which was Julian, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better,” McCartney later recalled.
“Hey, try and deal with this terrible thing. I knew it was not going to be easy for him. I always feel sorry for kids in divorces.”
Source: news.justcollecting.com
