San Francisco Bay Blues

About San Francisco Bay Blues

"San Francisco Bay Blues" is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller. Fuller first recorded the song in 1954 (released 1955) for a small label called World Song. The song was brought into wider popularity in the early 1960s by club performances by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan, and Jim Kweskin. Recorded covers have been performed by many artists including The Blues Band, Paul Jones, Jim Croce, The Weavers, Sammy Walker, The Brothers Four, The Dapper Dans, Paul Clayton, Richie Havens, Eric Clapton, The Flatlanders, Paul McCartney, Hot Tuna, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Mungo Jerry, Glenn Yarbrough, George Ellias, Phoebe Snow, The Wave Pictures, The Halifax III and Eva Cassidy. A "one-man band" rendition of the song featuring a kazoo solo was recorded by Fuller himself in a 1962 concert. This has been included in a Smithsonian Folkways compilation, Friends of Old Time Music. Topic Records issued the original Jesse Fuller version on a 10-inch vinyl LP called Working on the Railroad in 1959 and included it as track six of the first CD of the Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten. more »

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1991

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Ow! ow!
Well, when I'm walking with my baby
Down by the San Francisco Bay,
The ocean liner is going so far away,
I didn't mean to treat her so bad,
She was the best pal I ever had
She made me cry, she made me sigh,
I wanna lay down and die

Well, I ain't got a dollar, I don't give a lousy dime,
And if she never comes back, you know, I'm gonna lose my mind
But if she ever come back to stay, it's gonna be a brand new day,
When I'm walking with my baby
Down by the San Francisco Bay, hey, yeah

Yihay!
Yihay!

Oh! oh! oh!
Oh yeah, I don't give a lousy dime!
Gonna lose my mind!
But if she ever
Yes, it's gonna be a
Walking
Yeah, yeah

Well, when I'm walking with my baby
Down by the San Francisco Bay,
You know the ocean liner is going so far away,
Well, I didn't mean to treat her so bad,
She was the best pal I ever had
She made me cry, she made me sigh,
She made me wanna lay down and die

Well, I ain't got a dollar, I don't give a lousy dime,
Yeah, but if you never come back, you know, I'm gonna lose my mind
But if you ever come back to stay, it's gonna be a brand new day,
When I'm walking with my baby
Down by the San Francisco Bay, hey,
I'm walking with my baby
Down by the San Francisco Bay,
We've gotta
Yeah, I'm walking with my baby
Down by the San Francisco Bay, ah-hah!

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with Lennon is one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. After the group's break-up, he pursued a solo career, later forming the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. more »

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