âShe was a dear pet of mine. I remember John being amazed to see me being so loving to an animal. He said, âIâve never seen you like that before.â Iâve since thought, you know, he wouldnât have. Itâs only when youâre cuddling around with a dog that youâre in that mode, and she was a very cuddly dog. [âŠ] Itâs a communication of some sort of affection but in a slightly abstract way - âYou silly girl, look what youâve done,â all that sort of stuff. These songs grow. Whereas it would appear to anybody else to be a song to a girl called Martha, itâs actually a dog, and our relationship was platonic, believe me.â - Paul McCartney