personnel paul mccartney - vocals , bass linda mccartney - backing vocals hugh mccracken - guitar denny seiwell - drums denny laine - backing vocals new york philharmonic - orchestral arrangement critical assessment john blaney suggests that mccartney 's decision to include this song on red rose speedway may have been triggered by his realization that the album project was faltering , but suggests that '' little lamb dragonfly '' is '' too cute for its own good , '' stating that while '' it may be marginally better than much of what wings recorded for red rose speedway , it still '' fails to satisfy .