On The Road To Marrakech

From Wikipedia:

The song’s inspiration 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, but Lennon did not attempt to record “Child of Nature” during the sessions for the album. Both were demoed at George Harrison’s Esher home in May 1968. The demo of “Child of Nature” featured Lennon’s double-tracked vocal and playing an acoustic guitar. Early the following year, Lennon revisited the song as “On the Road to Marrakesh” during the Get Back sessions. Eventually, the lyrics were scrapped and replaced by the now well-known “Jealous Guy” lyrics for Imagine.

Listening to the original Esher Demo, the song begins “On the road to Rishikesh” and mentions mountains. It is not referring to Marrakesh in Morocco, and there is no evidence Lennon ever visited there. In its rewritten form, the song serves as a confessional in which Lennon addresses the feelings of inadequacy that resulted in pain for those he loved.

Three recordings of “Child of Nature” are currently known. The first is a demo of the song recorded at the home of George Harrison in May 1968. The second, on which Harrison sings backing vocals, was recorded at Twickenham Film Studios on 2 January 1969. A third recording was made at the Beatles’ Apple Studio on 24 January. A snatch of the chorus from the second recording appears on the Fly on the Wall bonus disc packaged with Let It Be… Naked (2003). The first recording appears on the fiftieth anniversary release of The Beatles, which contains all of the demos recorded at Esher.