Bay of Mexico

Dave Guard

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Nick Reynolds (vocal (solo #3), guitar), Bob Shane (vocal (solo #2), guitar), Dave Guard (vocal (solo #1), Banjo), Buzz Wheeler (bass) 10-6-00:
Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO (Original Capitol LP record release) T-996 - 1958 -- TRACK TIME: (N/A) Album: TOM DOOLEY (Capitol LP record re-issue of previously recorded material from THE KINGSTON TRIO) DF-514 - date unknown -- TRACK TIME: (2:49) Album: THE FOLK ERA (Original Capitol LP record reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) (S)TLC-2180 - 196? Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO / . . . FROM THE HUNGRY I (Capitol CD re-issue of previously available tracks from THE KINGSTON TRIO and . . . FROM THE HUNGRY I) CDP 7 96748 2 - 1991 -- TRACK TIME: (2:52)        
        Album: CLASSICS (Capitol tassette tape re-issue of previously available tracks) 4XL 9026 - 1984 -- TRACK TIME: (N/A) Album: THE CAPITOL YEARS (Capitol four disk CD compilation of previously available tracks from the Dave Guard and John Stewart era Trios) CDP 7 96748 2 - 1992 Album: EARLY AMERICAN HEROS (Pair Records CD record reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) - Catalogue# N/A -- (c)(p) date N/A Album: THE GUARD YEARS (Bear Family Records CD re-issue of previously recorded material) BCD 16160 JK - 1997 -- (Disk 1, Track 9) TRACK TIME: (2:52) "The Kingsston Trio / . . . From the hungry i" (Collector's Choice Records) June 2001
Nick Reynolds (vocal, guitar), Bob Shane (vocal, guitar, banjo), Dave Guard (vocal, guitar, banjo), Buck Wheat (bass):
              Album: STEREO CONCERT PLUS (Folk Era Records CD re-issue of previously available tracks from STEREO CONCERT) CDFE2037 - 1989. NOTE: This recording contains some previously unavailable material. Album: THE GUARD YEARS (Bear Family Records CD re-issue of previously recorded material) BCD 16160 JK - 1997 -- TRACK TIME: (3:38)
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The Capitol Years 10: Bay of Mexico (adapted by Dave Guard) 3:34
Master #18398A added to the Capitol archives December 14, 1958
Previously unreleased by Capitol
Listening to it now, it's hard to imagine why "Bay of Mexico" was omitted from STEREO CONCERT's lineup. The live stereo adds a dimension that makes this a cut above the earlier studio version from the Trio's first album.
The Weavers' Pete Seeger gave Dave a few pointers regarding the songs arrangement.
The Trio traditionally worked with one microphone in concert, so they were pretty much oblivious to the additional pair hung from overhead to capture the recording in stereo. This accounts for the drastic drop in volume during the group's patter (spoken intimately into the house mike) as well as the occasionally far-off quality of Nick's vocals.
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Bay of Mexico
Ooooh

Chorus:
'round the bay of Mexico.
Way up, Suzianna!
Mexico is the place I belong in.
'Round the bay of Mexico.

Wind from the East and it's blowin' strong.
Way up, Suzianna!
Looks like a hurricane comin' along, well,
'round the bay of Mexico.
The wind will blow and that rain will pour.
Way up, Suzianna!
Better get the sugar boats up on the shore, well,
'round the bay of Mexico.

Chorus

Why those young girls love me so?
Way up, Suzianna!
'Cause I don't tell ev'rything that I know.
'Round the bay of Mexico.
When I was a young man and in my prime.
Way up, Suzianna!
Court those young gals ten at a time, boys.
'Round the bay of Mexico.

'Chorus

Nassau girls ain't got no comb.
Way up, Suzianna!
They comb their hair with a whipper back bone.
'Round the bay of Mexico.
When I leave the sea, I'll settle down.
Way up, Suzianna!
With a big, fat mama from Bimini town.
'Round the bay of Mexico.

'Round the bay of Mexico.

Chorus

'Round the bay of Mexico.
Ooooooh.

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