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With a little help from my friends

I suppose this thinly-veiled song on the delights of drug-abuse is no longer as politically acceptable today in 1999 as it was in 1967 when the greater part of pop scene was involved thereby giving a quasi-respectability to habit. At that time I was totally ignorant of drugs and took the lyrics at their face value. I've always enjoyed playing the melody and its easy jog-along pace and the lyrics are easy to memorise. The version that I play can be found in Beatles Songs for the Recorder.
"With a little help from my friends" has been recorded by:
 The Beatles on "The Beatles 1967-1970 (Blue Album)" 
 The Beatles on "Music of the Beatles" 
 The Beatles on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 
 The Beatles on "Yellow Submarine" 
 Joe David Brown on "The Joe Brown Story"