Beatles - Her Majesty Lyrics Meaning

This is an interesting story I read in a book about the complete Beatles recording sessions.

"Her Majesty" was apparently a snippet or demo track perhaps to be included in the 2nd side around Mean Mr. Mustard ('Takes him out to look at the queen') in there with all of the mini-songs that made up side 2, which as it stands, is a work of genius, leading up to an element called "The End".

One could speculate whether "The End" was symbolic of the imminent end of the Beatles, or merely the end of the album, but it was clearly the end of the album, with a poignant last thought that everyone knows.

"And in the end,
The love you take,
Is equal to the love,
You make"

That, my friends is a hell of a great thought to end an album, or a band.

Apparently, "Her Majesty" was on a piece of tape that was used (as they did) layering sound for the finale. "Her Majesty" was at the end of the piece of tape. It was apparently not intended to be included, but when they made the master tape in preparation for pressing the record, they let the tape run completely, and accidentally included it on the master.

According to the source, the record was pressed and released before any of the Beatles heard it, and IIRC, they were told of the error while vacationing, to their horror, one might speculate.

This makes sense, given the context, and the source seems to be very accurate on everything else (I believe George Martin contributed to the book...it has prints of everything from receipts for recording time, to what was recorded at what sessions, etc).

It's a good piece of trivia, and one not included often discussed.

CJ - Beatles Freak