Little Child

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“Little Child”

Song by The Beatles
Album	With the Beatles
Released	22 November 1963
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios 11–12 September and 3 October 1963
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	1:48
Label	Parlophone
Writer	Lennon/McCartney
Producer	George Martin
With the Beatles track listing
Side one "It Won't Be Long" "All I've Got to Do" "All My Loving" "Don't Bother Me" "Little Child" "Till There Was You" "Please Mister Postman" Side two "Roll Over Beethoven" "Hold Me Tight" "You Really Got a Hold on Me" "I Wanna Be Your Man" "Devil in Her Heart" "Not a Second Time" "Money (That's What I Want)"

"Little Child" is a song by The Beatles from their album With the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for Ringo Starr, but Starr was instead given "I Wanna Be Your Man" as his album song.^{[citation needed]}

McCartney describes "Little Child" as being a "work song", an "album filler".^{[citation needed]} He admits to stealing the line "I'm so sad and lonely" from the song Whistly My Love by British balladeer and actor Elton Hayes.^[1] The phrase "sad and lonely" also appears in the song Act Naturally, which Starr covered for the album Help!.

McCartney overdubs piano, and Lennon plays harmonica (Lennon's harmonica playing on this track is very much inspired by Cyril Davies, who was part of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated.)^{[citation needed]}