# So what do you think Me and Julio did down by the schoolyard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446 "2014-03-11T15:43:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/1 "2014-03-11T15:43:01Z")
Drugs? Sex? Rock and roll? Whatever it was, it made Mama turn them in and somehow got a radical priest involved. What say you? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/2 "2014-03-11T15:51:39Z")
Paul Simon says he has no idea, although it was maybe sexual. Basically, they were just lyrics that worked. So your imagination can just run wild. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/3 "2014-03-11T16:16:36Z")
I always thought they got caught in a compromising situation, which would have been harder to accept back in the 70’s, both being guys… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/4 "2014-03-11T16:24:03Z")
The song doesn’t say they did anything down by the schoolyard, it says they will meet down at the schoolyard after whatever mama saw. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/5 "2014-03-11T17:31:59Z")
When I’m 90, I’ll still remember Paul Simon beating Connie Hawkins in a game of pick-up. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/6 "2014-03-11T18:22:33Z")
I’ve always thought it was a three-way involving Rosie, the Queen of Corona. Whatever it was, it was against the law. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/7 "2014-03-11T18:28:59Z")
I thought they were gonna meet to smoke a J. He also smokes a J Late in The Evening. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/8 "2014-03-11T19:15:16Z")
I always figured it had something to do with drugs, but admittedly never gave it a lot of thought. This may be way off-base, but I also thought Rosie the Queen of Corona _was_ Mama. Paul goes “on his way” to get away from her and her wrath. He’s not saying goodbye regretfully, but more in a “good riddance” sort of way, and “Queen of Corona” is a derisive title describing the bossy matriarchal type. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/9 "2014-03-11T19:15:33Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > I thought they were gonna meet to smoke a J. He also smokes a J Late in The Evening. 😃 That sounds reasonable. But on the other hand, would it get them all on the cover of _Newsweek_??? ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/10 "2014-03-11T19:19:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > That sounds reasonable. But on the other hand, would it get them all on the cover of _Newsweek_??? Maybe in the '70’s not such a big deal these days. Maybe get them sent to a house of detention. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/11 "2014-03-11T19:20:39Z")
Too bad he didn’t capture it all on Kodachrome. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/12 "2014-03-11T19:21:40Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I always thought they got caught in a compromising situation, which would have been harder to accept back in the 70’s, both being guys… He loved him like a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/13 "2014-03-11T19:32:57Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Paul Simon says he has no idea, although it was maybe sexual. Basically, they were just lyrics that worked. So your imagination can just run wild. To cite this: In a July 20, 1972 interview for Rolling Stone, Jon Landau asked: “What is it that the mama saw? The whole world wants to know.” Simon replied “I have no idea what it is… Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say ‘something’, I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn’t make any difference to me.” from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Julio_Down_by_the_Schoolyard). ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/14 "2014-03-11T19:36:38Z")
Paul will love this thread if he stumbles on it. Lyrics knowledge!!! ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/15 "2014-03-11T19:38:01Z")
His real name is Julio, but everyone just called him Al. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/16 "2014-03-11T19:38:47Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > In a July 20, 1972 interview for Rolling Stone, Jon Landau asked: “What is it that the mama saw? The whole world wants to know.” Simon replied “I have no idea what it is… Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say ‘something’, I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn’t make any difference to me.” [Grumpy Old Man] If Simon can’t be bothered, why should we even care? Stupid song. And he could never beat the Hawk in one on one. And, for that matter, what are the other 46 ways to leave your lover? [GOM] ---
**Author:** ![ginman999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/17 "2014-03-11T19:52:51Z")
I thought “Queen of Corona” was latino slang for holy virgin. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/18 "2014-03-11T19:59:53Z")
Just for the record, it’s “see you, me and Julio” whatever it is, it’s a three way. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/19 "2014-03-11T20:00:50Z")
> [@ginman999](#): > > I thought “Queen of Corona” was latino slang for holy virgin. [Corona is a neighborhood in Queens.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona,_Queens) So whoever Rosie was, that’s where she lived. It’s a predominantly Hispanic area these days (and could also have been when Simon wrote this). Fits with the name Julio too. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446/20 "2014-03-11T20:06:37Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I always thought they got caught in a compromising situation, which would have been harder to accept back in the 70’s, both being guys… Well, the Simon quote above takes the mystery out of it but this was my assumption. For the era, it just seemed to fit for something that would cause your mother to disown you, your father ready to discipline you and a radical social justice priest to advocate for your cause and get you onto _Newsweek_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-me-and-julio-did-down-by-the-schoolyard/683446.md?page=2)