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I Don't Want To Be a Soldier Mamma, I Don't Want To Die, annotated draft...

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CH3736583
Image title
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier Mamma, I Don't Want To Die, annotated draft lyric sheet for 'Imagine', 1971 (pen & ink on photocopy)
Artist
Lennon, John (1940-80) / British
Location
Private Collection
Medium
pen and ink on photocopy
Date
1971 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
20.4x29.3 cms
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A rare set of John Lennon's early photocopied and annotated lyric sheets for his groundbreaking album Imagine, 1971 the early copies of typed drafts showing variations to the released tracks and a few of Lennon's handwritten annotations, were given to journalist Ray Connolly when he visited John and Yoko at Tittenhurst Park in July, 1971; ten lyric sheets, each a photocopy of a typed page I Don't Want To Be a Soldier Mamma, I Don't Want To Die, thirteen lines in three verses originally typed on blank paper, this version with Lennon's handwritten addition Oh no etc, after each verse; another Lennon notation is found in the third line of the third verse where the last word of the refrain I don't wanna lie, is crossed out and changed to Cry;

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