April 13ths

 

4/13/1820, Halifax (Anne Lister Diary)

Four of us walked to Sowerby Church. Witnessed cow calving in a field.

[Apparently Leo Sowerby was a composer.]

4/13/1965

(Beatles Studio Diary)

"As purely a working title, the Beatles' second feature film had been called "Beatles Production 2". Then a more permanent name was suggested, 'Eight Arms To Hold You', [then] "Help!" was conceived....in later years he would look back on the lyric as pleading for help from somebody, anybody, to help relieve his insecurity...."

Abstracted lyric: 

Walked to Sowerby Church
Eight arms to hold you
Walked to Sowerby Church
Walked to Sowerby Church

Thirteen cows in the middle of the road
Listening to the sound of a freight train
Thirteen cows in the middle of the road
But the Gentleman Jack is in a Cadillac  

The guitar solo played by cello:

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