# 'It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.' Other songs about specific days. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964 "2019-06-03T15:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/21 "2019-06-03T17:18:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > There’s a song celebrating my birthday? If your name is [Ba-dee-yah](https://genius.com/Earth-wind-and-fire-september-lyrics), there certainly is! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/22 "2019-06-03T18:11:29Z")
From Groundhog Day: The Musical: “February 2nd” / “There Will Be Sun” “February 2nd” / “There Will Be Sun” ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/23 "2019-06-03T18:18:44Z")
[April 29, 1992](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dPKfxRhk0) by Sublime, about the riots following the acquital of the LAPD officers that beat Rodney King. Although the song title and CD lyrics booklet give the correct date, in the song the date is sung as April 26. ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/24 "2019-06-03T20:45:15Z")
I’m five; Barbra Streisand - April 24th (1947) American Pie; Don McLean; February [1958] made me shiver with every paper I deliver ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/25 "2019-06-04T08:10:25Z")
Eric Bogle’s [And The Band played Waltzing Matilda](https://genius.com/Eric-bogle-and-the-band-played-waltzing-matilda-lyrics) - final verses sung as he’s watching Anzac Day [25 April] marches. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/26 "2019-06-04T08:39:20Z")
Celtas Cortos, [20 de abril](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBtVd1nWqgE). It’s a letter written on April 20th 1990. Aside from their own multiple recordings there’s an [Oysterband](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifk4Yfo6LrE) cover in English. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/27 "2019-06-04T10:29:50Z")
“Everyone would gather on the 24th of May Sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display” -Rush, Lakeside Park ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/28 "2019-06-04T11:13:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June… That’s instantly where my mind went. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/29 "2019-06-04T12:43:39Z")
_First of May_ by Jonathan Coulton. (two-click rule)[spoiler][Jonathan Coulton - Best. Concert. Ever. (full live concert film) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/-YMcqNc4nSY?t=6436%5B/spoiler%5D) ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/30 "2019-06-04T13:23:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The U2 song, [Pride (In the Name of Love)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(In_the_Name_of_Love)), mentions the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr on April 4. Just to add, Bono sings “Early morning, April 4 … a shot rings out in the Memphis sky.” Dr. King was actually shot just after 6 pm that _evening_. That’s always bugged me a little. “Early evening” scans exactly the same as “early morning” - why not write that instead? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/31 "2019-06-04T13:27:30Z")
Because he made a mistake? Edited to add, the Wikipedia article mentions that he sometimes changes the lyric to “early evening” in live performances. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/32 "2019-06-04T13:34:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Because he made a mistake? Well, maybe if he’d spent more than 12 parsecs fact-checking his lyrics… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/33 "2019-06-04T14:07:05Z")
> [@bizerta](#): > > American Pie; Don McLean; February [1958] made me shiver with every paper I deliver No, if you need to look up what date that happened it doesn’t count for this thread. Ditto for vague parts of the month, and don’t get me started about Orthodox Christmas (Jan 7th-ish). I think my brother converted so he could delay his shopping to take advantage of the after-Western-Christmas sales. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/34 "2019-06-04T18:27:31Z")
Gillian Welch -_April the 14th_. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/35 "2019-06-04T21:14:16Z")
It was Christmas Eve, babe, In the drunk tank… j God, I miss Kirsty MacColl. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/36 "2019-06-04T21:25:12Z")
Adrian Belew has a song named “[May 1, 1990](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rNw4VECvgI)” (the day he met his wife) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/37 "2019-06-04T23:38:30Z")
The Band’s The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down has this lyric: > [@](#): > > By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it’s a time I remember, oh so well . That one always bothered me, Lincoln visited the fallen Richmond in April before he was shot. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/38 "2019-06-04T23:58:21Z")
“Independence Day,” by Martina McBride. _Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July…_ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/39 "2019-06-05T01:11:47Z")
“8th of November” by Big & Rich. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/40 "2019-06-05T13:45:09Z")
I’m the first to mention this classic: Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our house Christmas eve You can say there’s no such thing as Santa But as for me and grandpa we believe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964.md?page=3)