A list of initials of beatle songs to amuse yourself with

[Guy D. Ridley]

But first... speaking of getting the words wrong, I just found out that
my SO has always thought those Indian words in Across the Universe were
"Kangaroo Days"!!! I said "Kangaroo days??? Why would the Beatles write
a song about kangaroo days???" and she said "They could write a song about
anything" and I suppose that's true... Anyway this list is supposed to be
all 189 of the officially released Beatles *originals*, and I've found that
it's surprisingly hard to figure out the song just given the initials, but
if you're into some mental exercise...

aditl
ag
ahdn
aigtd
ailh
alhfmf
aml
amw
ataa
atn
atu
aybcs
aynil
b
b
b
bftbomk
bib
bitussr
bjw
bojay
byarm
cbc
cbml
cfas
ct
ctw
dap
dbm
di
dlmd
dmc
dp
dpmb
dr
dt
dywtkas
edaw
egsthefmamm
er
f
fah
fmty
fno
fyb
g
gb
gb
gds
gmgm
gn
go
gs
gtgyiml
h
hb
hcts
hg
hiawg
hj
hlg
hm
hmt
hp
hs
htae
ial
iatm
iatw
ibb
ici
icyn
id
idwtstp
iff
ifts
igaf
igy
ihjtdwy
iif
iins
ijsaf
ilty
iml
imm
iny
iol
ios
ishkb
ishst
ist
iw
iwbl
iwbym
iwthyh
iwtty
iwyssh
j
lc
ldd
lib
litswd
lll
lm
lmd
lotl
lr
lyt
m
m
mmd
mmm
mmt
mns
msh
nast
nm
nr
nw
oa9
oans
obs
od
og
oo
p
pl
pp
ppm
psily
pw
r
r
r1
r9
rfyl
rr
s
saw
scittbw
sff
sk
slh
sly
splhcb
splhcbr
ss
ssss
st
t
tap
tb
tcsobb
te
tfoth
tfy
til
tlawr
tmw
tmwys
tnb
tnk
tou
ttr
tw
twst
tyg
w
wcwio
wdwdiitr
wgo
whp
wigh
wis
wmggw
wyd
wywy
y
yb
ycdt
ygthyla
ygtltg
yii
ykmnlutn
ylmtm
ymsk
yngmym
ys
ywsm

-- Guy Ridley
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[Edward Thomas Keller]

Well, Guy Ridley posed this little test, and I guess I really wanna
try it out. I'm doing this completely off the top of my head, without
looking in books or at CDs, so here we go.

aditl A Day in the Life
ag Another Girl
ahdn A Hard Day's Night
aigtd All I've Got To Do
ailh And I Love Her
alhfmf A Little Help From My Friends (shouldn't this be walhfmf?, i'm
pretty sure the song is With a Little Help....etc.
aml All My Loving
amw Ask Me Why
ataa Any Time At All
atn All Together Now
atu Across the Universe
aybcs And Your Bird Can Sing
aynil All You Need Is Love
b Birthday
b Blackbird
b Because
bftbomk Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
bib Baby's In Black
bitussr Back in the U.S.S.R.
bjw Blue Jay Way
bojay Ballad of John and Yoko
byarm Baby, You're a Rich Man
cbc Cry, Baby, Cry
cbml Can't Buy Me Love
cfas Cry For a Shadow
ct Come Together
ctw Carry That Weight
dap Dig a Pony
dbm Don't Bother Me
di
dlmd Don't Let Me Down
dmc
dp Dear Prudence
dpmb Don't Pass Me By
dr Doctor Robert
dt Day Tripper
dywtkas Do You Want to Know a Secret
edaw Eight Days a Week
egsthefmamm Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey
er Eleanor Rigby

elt Every Little Thing (this one was missing) **********

f Flying
fah Fixing a Hole
fmty From Me to You
fno For No One
fyb For You Blue
g Girl
gb Get Back
gb Getting Better
gds Good Day Sunshine
gmgm Good Morning, Good Morning
gn Good Night
go Glass Onion
gs Golden Slumbers
gtgyiml Got to Get You Into My Life
h Help!
hb Hey Bulldog
hcts Here Comes the Sun
hg Hello, Goodbye
hiawg Happiness is a Warm Gun
hj Hey Jude
hlg Hello Little Girl (They record this?)
hm Her Majesty
hmt Hold Me Tight
hp Honey Pie
hs Helter Skelter
htae Here, There, and Everywhere
ial I'm a Loser
iatm It's All Too Much
iatw I Am the Walrus
ibb I'll Be Back
ici I'll Cry Instead
icyn I Call Your Name
id I'm Down
idwtstp I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
iff I Feel Fine
ifts I'll Follow the Sun
igaf I've Got a Feeling
igy I'll Get You
ihjtdwy I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
iif If I Fell
iins If I Needed Someone
ijsaf I've Just Seen a Face
ilty I'm Looking Through You
iml In My Life
imm I Me Mine
iny I Need You
iol It's Only Love
ios I'm Only Sleeping
ishkb I Should Have Known Better
ishst I Saw Her Standing There
ist I'm So Tired
iw I Will
iwbl It Won't Be Long
iwbym I Wanna Be Your Man
iwthyh I Want to Hold Your Hand
iwtty I Want to Tell You
iwyssh I Want You (She's So Heavy)
j Julia
lc Little Child
ldd Like Dreamer's Do (Beatles never recorded this, I think)
lib Let it Be
litswd Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
lll Long Long Long
lm Lady Madonna
lmd Love Me Do
lotl Love of the Loved (Beatles never recorded this, I think)
lr Lovely Rita
lyt Love You To
m Michelle
m Misery
mmd Martha, My Dear
mmm Mean Mr. Mustard
mmt Magical Mystery Tour
mns Mother Nature's Son
msh Maxwell's Silver Hammer
nast Not a Second Time
nm Nowhere Man
nr
nw Norwegian Wood (shouldn't this be nwtbhf for Norwegian Wood
(This Bird Has Flown) ?
oa9 One After 909
oans Only a Northern Song
obs Old Brown Shoe
od Oh! Darling
og Octopus's Garden
oo Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
p Piggies
pl Penny Lane
pp
ppm Please Please Me
psily P.S. I Love You
pw Paperback Writer
r Rain
r Revolution
r1 Revolution 1
r9 Revolution 9
rfyl Run For Your Life
rr Rock Raccoon
s Something
saw She's a Woman
scittbw She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
sff Strawberry Fields Forever
sk Sun King
slh She's Leaving Home
sly She Loves You
splhcb Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
splhcbr Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
ss Sexy Sadie
ssss She Said, She Said
st Savoy Truffle
t Taxman
tap There's a Place
tb This Boy (could also be tbrt for This Boy (Ringo's Theme) ;-)
tcsobb The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
te The End
tfoth The Fool on the Hill
tfy Think For Yourself
til The Inner Light
tlawr The Long and Winding Road
tmw Tell Me Why
tmwys Tell Me What You See
tnb The Night Before
tnk Tomorrow Never Knows
tou Two of Us
ttr
tw The Word
twst
tyg
w Wait
wcwio We Can Work It Out
wdwdiitr Why Don't We Do It In the Road?
wgo What Goes On
whp Wild Honey Pie
wigh When I Get Home
wis When I'm Sixty-Four
wmggw While My Guitar Gently Weeps
wyd What You're Doing
wywy Within You Without You
y Yesterday
yb Yer Blues
ycdt You Can't Do That
ygthyla You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
ygtltg You're Going to Lose That Girl
yii Yes It Is
ykmnlutn You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
ylmtm You Like Me Too Much
ymsk Your Mother Should Know
yngmym You Never Give Me Your Money
ys Yellow Submarine
ywsm You Won't See Me

Well, okay, my wife helped me on a couple of them. I'm tired now, so
I'm going to bed. Really wanted to finish it though. I must admit, it
was harder than I thought. A little more than half of them came to me
straight away, another bunch a little slower, and then it started being
brain trouble. Oh, well.

Peace
Edward
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* "I'm sitting here, in the abandoned brain, * Edward Thomas Keller *
* waiting for take-off in it. * Tree...@cup.portal.com *
* They say it's never gonna work again, * *
* but I can spare a few minutes." * The Whethermen *
* -Robyn Hitchcock * *
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[Guy D. Ridley]

In article <54...@cup.portal.com>, Tree...@cup.portal.com (Edward Thomas Keller) writes:
> pretty sure the song is With a Little Help....etc.
> aml All My Loving
> amw Ask Me Why

Well, on the record *label* it is, but I put this together by looking at the
album covers, so I didn't notice the discrepancy. I wouldn't trust the
sheet music, either, or I'd bother to check my "Complete Beatles"... anyone
know which is the "real" title? Are the CD's inconsistent as well?

> elt Every Little Thing (this one was missing) **********

Ooops. Uh... that was a test!

> hlg Hello Little Girl (They record this?)

I counted the Decca Sessions because they were legitimately released,
though not till much later. Same with Star-Club & Tony Sheridan.

Guy Ridley
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