Polythene Pam

Lennon/McCartney

Lyrics:
Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good looking
But she looks like a man
Well, you should see her in drag
dressed in a polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeh, yeh, yeh

Get a dose of her in jackboot and kilt
She's killer diller when
she's dressed to the hilt
She's the kind of a girl
that makes the news of the world
Yes you could say she was attractively built
Yeh, yeh, yeh

Availability:
Abbey Road
Anthology 3

Lead Singer: John

Recording: 7/25/69, 7/28/69, 7/30/69
Mixing: 7/30/69, 8/14/69
Length: 1:12
Take: 40

What Goes On? Anomalies

0:07-0:08
Click and apparent drop in or some such of the word "Pam", just before John sings it for real.

0:41
(Left channel) Someone yells "Yeah!"

0:45,0:46-0:47
(Right channel) Someone picks up the maraca. Also Paul: "Yeah" John: "Great"

0:55-1:04
(Left channel) Counting measures from 4 to 7. This sounds like the same voice as at 0:41.

See also She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, 0:00

Notes:

Another of Lennon's, this was inspired by two people. The first was a girl who was a fan in their Cavern Club days. She had a habit of eating polythene, and was known as Polythene Pat. The next was a girl named Stephanie, who dressed in a polythene bag, whom he met on the Isle of Guernsey. It seems that John spent the night with her in what was described as a near-orgy. These two experiences developed into Polythene Pam.