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The actual origin of "Down by the Bay" is uncertain as it shares the melody with other songs. One of these is a Greek folk song called "Γιαλό, γιαλό" ("γιαλό" meaning "bay" or "seaside") exists with this same melody. [1] It is an Ionian Cantada, a style of folk music that originated in the late 19th century. [1]
The lyrics narrate the story of a woman drowning her daughter and reference the traditional American folk song "Salty Dog Blues". "Down by the Water" received critical acclaim upon its release, charting in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Spanish bandleader Xavier Cugat recorded a version of "Mary Ann" in the late 1940s. During the 1956–57 American calypso craze, the Easy Riders, Burl Ives, and other interpreters of folk music further popularized the song, generally under the title "Marianne". [2]
Then life changed my plans once again, and I was now facing joining Journey. I love San Francisco, the bay, and the whole thing. 'The bay' fit so nice, 'When the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on the bay.' It was one of those early-morning-going-across-the-bridge things, when the sun was coming up and the lights were going down.
The song's lyrics are emblazoned there on a plaque, [45] leading some to believe Redding wrote the song there (especially as the lyrics reference the “Frisco Bay”). It was actually written ten miles farther north, in Sausalito, as Redding watched “the ships come in” on Richardson Bay. [7]
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If you attempt to read the lyrics in Leetspeak, you'll simulate reading it in its original form at 6 or so years old! Try it. See how hard it is? When you read a children's song in Leetspeak, you get a feel of how hard it was to read it in plain English back then. --Shultz 09:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
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