“Golden Slumbers”

The concluding section of the “Abbey Road” side 2 medley commences with Paul’s adaptation of a 17th century lullaby written by Thomas Dekker. McCartney was at his dad’s house and saw sheet music for the lullaby on the piano but he couldn’t read music, so he sat down and created his own melody. In a word, this is beautiful. John was still recovering from his car accident and didn’t appear on the track.