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“Mary Had a Little Lamb” is Wings’ version of the traditional nursery rhyme, recorded, according to Paul McCartney at the time, in response to the BBC ban on their previous single, the political “Give Ireland Back to the Irish”, though McCartney has since denied this. Wings lead guitarist Henry McCullough plays mandolin, and the McCartney children sing on the chorus. McCartney has claimed that record logs reveal that the song was recorded before “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” had been banned by the BBC, but a source says that the song was recorded after “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” The song was virulently attacked by rock critics at the time, although a few critics thought it to be deliberately ironic. Although it reached the top 10 in the UK (peaking at #9),... Read on...