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Recorded as one with “Sun King”, “Mean Mr Mustard” was composed in India by John Lennon in spring 1968. It was considered for inclusion on the White Album, but wasn’t recorded in the studio until the Abbey Road sessions the following year.
The song originated from a newspaper story about a miserly...
[Segue: Verse 1]
Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose
Such a mean old man
Such a mean old man
[Verse 2]
His sister Pam works in a shop
She never stops, she's a go-getter
Takes him out to look at the Queen
Only place that he's ever been
Always shouts out something obscene
Such a dirty old man
Dirty old man
Mean Mr. Mustard was written by Lennon-McCartney & John Lennon.
Mean Mr. Mustard was produced by George Martin.
The Beatles released Mean Mr. Mustard on Fri Sep 26 1969.