Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Lyrics
And she ran to the police station
When the papa found out, he began to shout
And he started the investigation
It's against the law, it was against the law
What the mama saw, it was against the law
Ev'ry time my name gets mentioned
The papa said, "Oy, if I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention."
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way
I'm taking my time but I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the Queen of Corona
See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard
See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard
But the press let the story leak
And when the radical priest come to get me released
We was all over the cover of Newsweek
I don't know where I'm going
But I'm on my way
I'm taking my time but I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie, the Queen of Corona
See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard
See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard
See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard
"Rosie, the Queen of Corona" is probably referring to the neighbourhood Corona, in Queens and not the beer.
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."
Yeah I love this song but I've never had any idea what it's about. Grafitti or alcohol abuse you say? Huh... I don't get who's parents it's talking about. I love the sound of it though. Simon and Garfunkel are amazing.
Pity comment, lol... Not much to say, except that corona is an alcoholic beverage.
its abour grafitti or alcohol abuse.
I'd always imagined pot, but my sister thought it was about gay sex (not suggesting paul simon was gay)
i had always thought this song was about a girl who was caught going out with a boy (julio), probably older that's why it was against the law. also the gay sex version sounds very logic to me, but none of those explain what does Rosie, the Queen of Corona has to do with it.
Anyway, we already heard garfunkel saying not even him knows, so we are free to imagine whatever we want.
I think people should take it for all it's worth..."nothing" it was a great song... remember the time it was written..... Take it for face value........ 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...
Was not about gay people
Here's a song fact, an aural word-math equation (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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Women's_House_of_Detention
Before I looked up lyrics , would wrongly, use 'baba yaga', a witch from Eastern Europe fables.