Beatles legend Paul McCartney has come clean about a cheeky message hidden in the song Sun King
The Beatles slipped swearing on to the album Abbey Road as joke, Paul McCartney has admitted.
Among the English and schoolboy-Spanish lyrics on the song Sun King is the phrase “chica ferdy.”
Sir Paul explained on his website that kids in Liverpool, where he grew up, would say “chica ferdy” instead of “f*** off”.
The musician, 78, said of the track’s lyrics on his website: “There was a thing in Liverpool that us kids used to do, which was instead of saying ‘f-off’, we would say ‘chicka ferdy!’.” he said.
“It actually exists in the lyrics of The Beatles song ‘Sun King’.