You're In My Little Book

From Early Beatles Songs:

Very little is known of this song, but we have McCartney’s word for it that it existed. In a 2001 interview for Reader’s Digest, he is quoted as follows: “There were a few unpublished ones before the Beatles. There’s ‘You’re In My Little Book,’ which I wish I could find. There was [also] one called ‘Just Fun’. There were a couple that never saw the light of day.”

This title is new to us, but the fact that McCartney mentioned that he was hoping to “find” it suggests there might be an early tape in existence. We know a 1962 tape is rumoured to exist but informed opinion holds that it probably doesn’t.

(Or does it…?) 

We list the song here, confident that it was a Lennon and/or McCartney song written before the group was fully established. Hopefully at some stage, more information will come to light. 

There were a few unpublished ones before the Beatles. There’s ‘You’re In My Little Book,’ which I wish I could find. There was [also] one called ‘Just Fun’. There were a couple that never saw the light of day.

Paul McCartney, 2001 interview for the Reader’s Digest

Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.