# Moonlight Bay **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 11, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283 "2021-10-11T01:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/1 "2021-10-11T01:58:17Z")
OK, this is driving me nuts. Who did the version of Moonlight Bay with the “answer” lyrics, (in parentheses).: We were sailing along (sailing along) On Moonlight Bay (not the river but the bay) etc., etc. I can’t find this version anywhere on Youtube, etc. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/2 "2021-10-11T02:53:31Z")
Doris Day and Gordon McRae in the [1951 film of the same name](https://www.dorisday.net/on-moonlight-bay/)? You can find just about every song from the movie on YouTube EXCEPT that one. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/3 "2021-10-11T05:39:55Z")
The version in the movie isn’t like that, just McRae making comments. The [credits version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4kk82jJUiM) does have a little bit of a similar vibe, but not those lyrics. There is also a version by Bing and Gary Crosby that does that, but again, not those lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/4 "2021-10-11T12:22:00Z")
It seems to me that Mike and Gloria sang this version on All In The Family. And my college girlfriend used to sing it like that too. It’s puzzling I can’t find it anywhere (without watching every AITF episode). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/5 "2021-10-11T17:21:14Z")
Not sure of the cartoon, but Porky unsuccessfully tryies to kick a bunch of drunk singing cats out of his kitchen, and then joins them for a round of Moonlight Bay, with one cat adding content. Found it: It’s at 3:55, not the end like I thought. [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5z0tog](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5z0tog) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/6 "2021-10-11T21:38:09Z")
Our trouble seems to be that we were about a half-century late in our search. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CEUUEtNe-yc/hqdefault.jpg "Henry Burr - Moonlight Bay 1909 Peerless Quartet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEUUEtNe-yc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S7D3y3PZS4c/hqdefault.jpg "Moonlight Bay - American Quartet (1912)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7D3y3PZS4c) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/7 "2021-10-11T22:46:09Z")
Porky Pig was the first singer to come to my mind! ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/8 "2021-10-11T23:44:39Z")
OK, my mistake! It wasn’t Moonlight Bay, it was Down By The Old Mill Stream. Fast forward to about 1’18": [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zGhV1iGlj2s/maxresdefault.jpg "Down By The Old Mill Stream") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGhV1iGlj2s) It seems the older I get, the more I conflate different memories from days of yore. Thanks for trying to help, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/9 "2021-10-12T00:01:06Z")
[Morecambe And Wise sang Moonlight Bay with the Kaye Sisters and Bongo](https://youtu.be/CFxIHezfRNU?t=549) (aka The Beatles). Eric Morecambe sang some sort of answer but not like the OP’s version. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/10 "2021-10-12T12:18:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Porky Pig was the first singer to come to my mind There were cartoons with lyrics to a song and “follow the bouncing ball” for songs like Shine on Harvest Moon. Was there ever one like that for Moonlight Bay? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283/11 "2021-10-12T15:40:31Z")
That would have been a Harveytoon, and no, I don’t recall one. Jeez, I miss Harveytoons! I haven’t been able to find a lot of them on YouTuibe, which is sad. I got most of my early musical education watching them.