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One of the lines in "With a Little Help from My Friends" is "Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song." I'm not sure if the Beatles were conscious of this (because it's become a pretty common phrase), but "Lend me your ears" comes from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. After Caesar's death, Mark Antony speaks to a crowd and begins with "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." (III.ii.73).
