Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Paul Simon

Chart Position: 22

• Written by Paul Simon
• Guitar: David Spinozza, Paul Simon
• Produced by Paul Simon and Roy Halee
• Recorded in New York City NY
• The ‘radical preach’ in one of the verses is a nod to Daniel Ellsberg, a central character in the notorious Pentagon Papers saga from 1972
• The unusual persussion is made by a Brazilian drum called a cuica
•  Later recorded by Chet Atkins (1972), Simon and Garfunkel (1982), Voice Male (1997), Me First and Gimme Gimmes (1997), Jesse Malin (2008) and Streetlight Manifesto (2010)