Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby

"Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby" is a popular barbershop song composed in 1924 by Les Applegate. It is often included in the repertoire of a barbershop quartet. The lyrics are not related to Coney Island directly, but are about a man abandoning his lover (whom he apparently met at Coney Island) to avoid marriage, the drudgery of which is lamented in the middle section, often known separately as "We All Fall."

References

• The man who wrote “Coney Island Baby”, The Harmonizer, November 1945, Carroll P. Adams, editor
• The Be Sharps sing this song in The Simpsons episode, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
• The song was also featured in an episode in the sixth season of "Frasier".

• The Texas A&M University "War Hymn" is played to the tune of "Coney Island Baby". It contains several passages about the University of Texas which it no longer plays in football.

External links

• Performance by Fresh Blend Quartet (YouTube)
• Performance by Julien Neel, one-man multitrack performance (YouTube)
• Chord charts and verses, arrangements by Jim Bottorff
• Sheet music from Summer Harmony Camp