The song's genesis came in India, after The Beatles attended a lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi about a "son of the mother nature". This inspired both Paul McCartney and John Lennon to write songs about the same subject. McCartney's composition "Mother Nature's Son" was selected for The Beatles (the White Album), while Lennon's song "Child of Nature" was not
This is from Gimme Some Truth - The Making of John Lennon's "Imagine" (2004)DVD. This is a must for your DVD library if you're a fan of The Beatles.
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