Yesterday was written by Paul McCartney and released in 1965 as one of the numbers in Help!, the Beatles’ fifth album. It took a long time to compose. The tune came quickly but the words proved difficult to find... In fact, for many months the song's working title was Scrambled Eggs. See the lyrics below. Try singing them to the tune of Yesterday :-)).
Years later, John Lennon told the story of what happened;
The song was around for months and months before we finally completed it. We made up our minds that only a one-word title would suit; we just couldn't find the right one. Then one morning, Paul woke up and the song and title were both there, completed. I was sorry in a way, we'd had so many laughs about it.
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs
Have an omelette with some Munster cheese
Put your dishes in the wash bin please
So I can clean the scrambled eggs
Join me do
There's a lot of eggs for me and you
I've got ham and cheese and bacon too
So go get two and join me do
Fried or sunny side
Just aren't right
The mix-bowl begs
Quick, go get a pan
And we'll scramble up some eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs
Scrambled eggs
Good for breakfast, dinner time or brunch
Don't buy six or twelve, buy a bunch
And we'll have a lunch on scrambled eggs