A popular song from 1906.
Words by Vincent Bryan.
Music by Gertrude Hoffmann.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Away out west, one I love best
Is waiting there to see me
I love her so, where e’er I go
I’ll think of her alway
Her heart is light, her smile is bright
Her eyes are soft and dreamy
I can’t forget the girl I met
On San Francisco Bay
On San Francisco Bay
Chorus
Well, I first met Kate by the Golden Gate
Way out on San Francisco Bay
And she stole my heart away
On a dreamy summer’s day
Then we went canoeing and I did my wooing
As we watched the seals at play
On the golden strand I won her hand
On San Francisco Bay
Oh, you Frisco, San Francisco Bay
- Of her I dream when moonbeams gleam
And twilight shades are falling
Again we stand upon the sand
And watch the breakers play
When breezes blow then soft and low
I hear her sweet voice calling
She waits for me down by the sea
On San Francisco Bay
On San Francisco Bay
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein.
Guitar obligato by Steve Rubenstein: