# Help me identify a song?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song/689240
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 25, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song/689240 "2014-05-25T16:48:12Z")
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### Author: ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song/689240/1 "2014-05-25T16:48:12Z")

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I’ve tried and tried with google, but I can’t find it. Perhaps my memory’s faulty, and I’m getting some of the lyrics wrong.

I’m pretty sure it’d be considered a Jazz song, though it’s slow and depressing. It’s sung by a man with a rich, deep voice. The lyrics I remember are: “San Fran…cisco man”, something about how he’s not worth a shovel of dirt, and something along the lines of “she gave her life for her man”.

I’ve tried all the combinations of these I can think of in google, and nothing’s coming up. Can anyone help me out?

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### Author: ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song/689240/2 "2014-05-25T16:50:11Z")

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Whoops, this should have been in Cafe Society. I’ll ask a mod to move it.

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### Author: ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song/689240/3 "2014-05-25T16:51:22Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Moving thread from General Questions to Cafe Society.

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### Author: ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song/689240/4 "2014-05-25T16:53:31Z")

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Cab Calloway  
[San Francisco Fan](http://www.metrolyrics.com/san-francisco-fan-lyrics-cab-calloway.html)

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### Author: ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song/689240/5 "2014-05-25T16:57:28Z")

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That’s it! Amazing how one wrong word left me completely unable to find it :smack:

Thank you! I did try to find it via a melody search, but my complete lack of singing ability let me down there.