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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]
I go back home with a pocket full of tin, Oh, doo-dah day! CHORUS Gonna run all night! Gonna run all day! I'll bet my money on the bob-tail nag, Somebody bet on the bay. The long tail filly and the big black hoss, Doo-dah! doo-dah! They fly the track and they both cut across, Oh, doo-dah-day! The blind hoss sticken in a big mud hole, Doo-dah ...
Moreton Bay" is an Australian folk ballad. It tells of the hardship a convict experienced at penal settlements around Australia, in particular, the penal colony at Moreton Bay, Queensland , which was established to house convicts who had reoffended in settlements in New South Wales .
"Excursion Around The Bay" is a folk song written by Johnny Burke (1851-1930) in Newfoundland. It was covered by Great Big Sea on their 1993 and 2000 albums, Great Big Sea and Road Rage, and then again on their live recording, Great Big DVD and CD. Most recently it was featured on their album Courage & Patience & Grit.
"Hold Back the River" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Bay. It was released in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2014 by Republic Records as the second single from Bay's first studio album Chaos and the Calm (2014). The song was written by the Ivor Novello award winner Iain Archer with Bay and produced by Jacquire King.
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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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