Housewife inspired Beatles' Lucy

LONDON (Reuters) - A woman said on Friday that a childhood drawing of her by John Lennon's son was the inspiration for the iconic Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

Many fans have always believed that the psychedelic song was a thinly disguised paean of praise for the drug LSD.

But Lucy O'Donnell, 43, said her moment of fame came in 1967 when Julian Lennon returned from school with a picture he had drawn and told his father "It's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

"I remember Julian and I both doing pictures on a double-sided easel, throwing paint at each other much to the horror of the classroom attendant," O'Donnell told BBC 6 Music Today.

"Julian had painted a picture and on that particular day his father turned up with the chauffeur to pick him up from school," she added.

The song was recorded for the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" which celebrated its 40th anniversary on Friday.