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"New" song penned by murdered Beatle John Lennon to be published?

A "new" John Lennon song could be published 30 years after his death with music written by his son Julian.

The lyrics "Tel Her Now" were penned by the murdered Beatle are part a private collection kept Julian Lennon and acquired after his father was killed on 8th December 1980.

The song consists of two verses and a chorus:-

"Little girl I’ve come to stay
And this time I just have to say
I love you

"If she turns you down and you’re rejected
Try again the best you can
Call to see her when you’re least expected

"Tell her now she’ll understand."

Now Julian has revealed is actively consdiring a project to write music to accompany the words written by his father more than forty years ago.

The previously unpublished lyrics written by the murdered Beatle form part of a the exhibition, "White Feather: The Spirit of Lennon, staged by the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool...
Read entire article at Click Liverpool (UK)