Dig a Pony

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Dig A Pony is a song on The Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be. It was written by John Lennon.

Contents 1 AKA and Working Titles 2 Writing 3 Recording 4 Available Versions 5 Personnel 5.1 The Beatles 5.2 Production 6 Available On 7 Sources

AKA and Working Titles

• All I Want Is You, working title
• Con A Lowry, working title

Writing

The song's lyrics were mostly nonsense. In 1980, Lennon said he considered it to be "another piece of garbage." It's working title was "All I Want Is You," referring to Yoko Ono. Another working title was "Con A Lowry." John said in 1972, "I was just having fun with words. It was literally a nonsense song. You just take words and you stick them together, and you see if they have any meaning. Some of them do and some of them don't."

Recording

Like all songs from the Let It Be album, it was rehearsed repeatedly in January 1969. It was recorded in Apple studio a number of times on January 22, one of which is available on Anthology 3. They attempted the song once more on January 28, which was still not the master version. The master was recorded during the famous rooftop concert on January 30, 1969. The album version has a false start with Ringo Starr yelling "Hold It!" so he can blow his nose. The band then starts the song again.

Available Versions

• January 2, 1969 at Twickenham film studios.
• January 7, 1969 at Twickenham film studios.
• January 13, 1969 at Twickenham film studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 22, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 23, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 23, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 23, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 23, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 23, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 26, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 28, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 28, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 29, 1969 at Apple Studios.
• January 30, 1969 on Rooftop of Apple Studios.
• January 30, 1969 on Rooftop of Apple Studios.

Personnel

The Beatles

• Lead Guitar: John Lennon
• Lead Vocals: John Lennon
• Bass: Paul McCartney
• Backing Vocals: Paul McCartney
• Lead Guitar: George Harrison
• Drums: Ringo Starr

Production

• Producer: George Martin
• Engineer: Glyn Johns
• Mixing: Phil Spector

Available On

• Let It Be, 1970.
• Anthology 3, 1996.
• Let It Be... Naked, 2003.

Sources

• [1]
• [2]