“Round the Bay of Mexico”

Description

"Round the Bay of Mexico, Way, oh Susiana, Mexico is the place that I belong in...." The singer tells of courting girls "two at a time" and having them love him "because I don't tell everything that I know." He heads off to the fishing ground

Notes

This is listed as having "new lyrics" by Paul Campbell (the Weavers, collectively), and "music adaption" by Tom Geraci. I have seen relatively little of the material elsewhere; this looks more like a new song from traditional materials than a touched-up traditional song. - RBW

Nope -- the song as touched up by the Weavers and friends is still quite close to the field recording from the Bahamas in 1935. - PJS

Cross references

• cf. "Cape Cod Girls" (lyrics)

Recordings

• Henry Lundy & David Pryor, "Round the Bay of Mexico" (AAFS 512 B2, 1935; on LC05, LomaxCD1822-2)

References

1. Silber-FSWB, p. 83, "Round the Bay of Mexico (Bay of Mexico)" (1 text)
2. Roud #207
3. BI, FSWB083B