Now the doctor came in, stinking of gin

Now the doctor ... proceeded to lie on the table

The song appeared on Side Two of the White Album.

The Old West-style honky-tonk piano was played by producer George Martin.

The title character was originally called "Rocky Sassoon", but McCartney changed it to "Rocky Raccoon" because he thought "it sounded more like a cowboy".

McCartney began writing the song in Rishikesh, India, where the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation in the early months of 1968.

The song was taped in a single session, and was one of the tracks that Martin felt was "filler" and only put on because the album was a double.