Baby Let's Play House

"Baby Let's Play House" is a song written and originally recorded by Arthur Gunter in 1954 on the Excello Records label,[1][2][3] and covered by Elvis Presley the following year on Sun Records.[4] A line from the song ("I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man") was borrowed by John Lennon for his Beatles song "Run for Your Life", released on Rubber Soul in 1965.[5][6]

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  4. ^ "Facts about Elvis - Elvis Presley's life - Elvis news: New Elvis Presley Remix "Baby Let's Play House" Available for Download on iTunes TODAY! 6/3/2008" Archived 2010-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 21, 2008
  5. ^ Wenner, Jann (1972). Lennon Remembers. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin. p. 128.
  6. ^ Everett, Walter (1999). The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-19-512941-0.