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Okay, humor me for a sec. You know that Paul Simon song, "Me and Julio Down By the School Yard?" What's it about?

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I have no idea how accurate this is.

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from the lyrics [posted below], my guess is:

A good Catholic kid from Queens did something illegal or was framed for doing same. His parents freaked out about it. His mother is disappointed in him and his father wants to put him in jail for it, but the kid himself wants to leave town. A priest gets him out of jail and it becomes a national story.

In the end, the kid still leaves town, but it's like he promises to say goodbye to Rosie by meeting her and Julio down by the schoolyard.







The mama pajama rolled out of bed, 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.
The mama looked down and spit on the ground ev'ry time my name gets mentioned
The papa say "Oy, if I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention."
I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm goin',
I'm on my way, I'm takin' 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

In a couple of days they come and take me away
But the press let the story leak
And when the radical priest come to get me released
We's all on the cover of Newsweek
Well, I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm goin'
I'm on my way, I'm takin' 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