# It was the third of September

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879 "2022-09-03T13:13:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879/21 "2022-09-03T19:41:31Z")

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Best version evah.

With wonderful vocals by Sweet Pea Atkinson

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ubAYXWrO9R8/maxresdefault.jpg "Was (Not Was) - Papa Was A Rolling Stone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubAYXWrO9R8)

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879/22 "2022-09-03T23:02:47Z")

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Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense…and _that_ ain’t right

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**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879/23 "2022-09-04T01:05:38Z")

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As is Elvis Costello’s “anywhere you hang your head is home.”

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879/24 "2022-09-04T01:35:37Z")

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Heard some talk Papa doing some storefront preachin’  
That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today  
Said he’d be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way  
Talking about saving souls and all the time leechin’  
Dealing in dirt, and stealing in the name of the Lord

(We were getting closer and closer to a mashup, and I figured, hey, go for it!)

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-september/970879/25 "2022-09-04T23:15:24Z")

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David Lindley and El Rayo-X do a nice cover of this tune.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bitNeEaYqt8)

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