"Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" as written by and Paul Simon....
Mama pajama rolled out of bed, she ran to the police station
When the cop found out, he began to shout, he started the investigation
And it's against the law, it was against the law
What what mama saw, it was against the law
Mama looked down and spit on the ground ever time her name gets mentioned
The cop said oy, if I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention
Well I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way, taking my time, but I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
In a couple of days they're gonna take me away
When the press let the story leak
Now when the radical breach comes to get me released
Appears all on the cover of Newsweek
And I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm going
But I'm on my way, taking my time, but I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
When the cop found out, he began to shout, he started the investigation
And it's against the law, it was against the law
What what mama saw, it was against the law
Mama looked down and spit on the ground ever time her name gets mentioned
The cop said oy, if I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention
Well I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way, taking my time, but I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
In a couple of days they're gonna take me away
When the press let the story leak
Now when the radical breach comes to get me released
Appears all on the cover of Newsweek
And I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm going
But I'm on my way, taking my time, but I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seeing me and Julio down by the schoolyard
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"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" as written by Paul Simon
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Paul Simon was asked about this song in an interview in Rolling Stone magazine, in 1972. The interviewer asked "what was it that the mama saw?" and Simon replied, "I have no idea what it is... Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say 'something', I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn't make any difference to me."
Anyway, we already heard garfunkel saying not even him knows, so we are free to imagine whatever we want.
Roll a fatty enjoy the song and move right into Peter paul and mary... Puff the magic dragon..
Alot of people think it was about homosexualality however it might have been looked down on by 99 percent of the people it would not have got ya stuck in jail.... moma seen somthing going on, cops got them, it was all over newsweek after the release... I would venture it was drugs... but Paul says everyone has to come tho their own thought of what was seen and what was done....
Peace...
(with a rounding error).
RoMeo and Juliet
(goodbye to) Ro.....o............sie
Me and Julio
Further, the only "House of Detention" in NYC history was a women's prison, located at 10 Greenwich Avenue, from 1932-1974
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