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"Teddy Boy" is a song by Paul McCartney and was first released on his first solo album after leaving The Beatles, McCartney. It was written by McCartney and originally recorded during the sessions for what became The Beatles' Let it Be album (1970). McCartney later re-recorded the song and included the new version on McCartney, released in April 1970. The song has the chorus "Ted promised he'd be twice as good and he knew he would."
The version of the song recorded by The Beatles was often included on bootlegs, and in 1996 an official version was released on the Anthology 3 album.
[edit] Song summary
"Teddy Boy", tells the story of young boy whose mother tells him to be good. His mother then tells him about his father in the war and she starts to get upset and cries. Later, she gets a husband and Teddy Boy runs away because he can't take it anymore, but eventually returns to his mother.
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