It's not quite While My Guitar Gently Weeps – in fact it might even be described as sixth-form angst. But the newly discovered lyrics are undoubtedly by the hand of George Harrison and were deemed interesting enough to go on display todayin the same gallery that houses the Magna Carta and Shakespeare's First Folio.

The lyrics were found by Hunter Davies during research for a new edition of his official biography of The Beatles. Davies used to collect scraps of paper the Beatles threw to the floor of Abbey Road studios in London and keep them as souvenirs.

The newly discovered lyric reads:

Im happy to say that its only a dream

when I come across people like you,

its only a dream and you make it obscene

with the things that you think and you do.

your so unaware of the pain that I bear

and jealous for what you cant do.

There's times when I feel that you haven't a hope

but I also know that isn't true.

Written in 1967, when Harrison was 23 or 24, it must have been penned before the death of Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, in August that year because on the back Epstein has written directions to his country house in Sussex.

The lyric joins others in the Treasures of the British Library gallery written by his band mates, including Help! and Yesterday. Jamie Andrews, head of modern literary manuscripts, said: "George's words are all that is left of the song. We can only guess what it would have sounded like."

Davies said: "I can't believe I'd kept George's lyric for all these years but had forgotten about it until now."