# '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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/41 "2019-06-05T14:20:24Z")
"What Are You Doing New Year’s (New Year’s Eve)? “Hooray, hooray, it’s the first of May…” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/42 "2019-06-05T14:46:31Z")
Paul and Storm have a song about \*Christmas Eve Eve \*(December 23rd) and their \*Way Too Early Christmas Song \*mentions that “Halloween was yesterday”, so November 1. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/43 "2019-06-05T15:29:16Z")
The Temptations: \*It was the third of September That day I’ll always remember, yes I will ‘Cause that was the day that my daddy died I never got a chance to see him Never heard nothin’ but bad things about him Momma I’m depending on you to tell me the truth Momma just hung her head and said, son Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died, all he left us was alone.\* ---
**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, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/44 "2019-06-05T15:59:26Z")
ABBA’s Happy New Year Manilow’s Another New Year’s Eve ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/45 "2019-06-05T21:23:57Z")
Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Old Lang Syne” _“Met my old lover in the grocery store The snow was falling, Christmas Eve”_ Side note: I’m told by someone who saw him perform this in concert that the story is autobiographical, and that in real life, they hooked up. ---
**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 6, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/46 "2019-06-06T04:16:48Z")
Midnight Oil [Armistice Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzNubP9QAZQ) [also name of the album for double points]. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/47 "2019-06-06T05:11:47Z")
Sammy Hagar’s Ten 13 is a song about throwing a birthday party, as Hagar’s birthday is October 13. Van Halen’s 316 is titled after Wolfgang Van Halen’s birthdate, March 16. But it’s an instrumental so the date doesn’t really factor into the song. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/48 "2019-06-06T16:28:30Z")
Bobby Goldsboro, _Summer_ \* It was a hot afternoon Last day of June And the sun was a demon\* Suppose that’s more mentioning a date than it having any solid relevance, though… ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day-other-songs-about-specific-days/834964/49 "2019-06-06T17:11:07Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Old Lang Syne” > > _“Met my old lover in the grocery store > The snow was falling, Christmas Eve”_ > > Side note: I’m told by someone who saw him perform this in concert that the story is autobiographical, and that in real life, they hooked up. Another one that’s autobiographical is Alice’s Restaurant, part of which takes place on Thanksgiving. [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=2)