# Long, long time ago.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792 "2001-06-22T15:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/1 "2001-06-22T15:46:24Z")
and I can still remember… ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/2 "2001-06-22T15:57:21Z")
How that music used to make me… smile. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/3 "2001-06-22T16:08:31Z")
And I knew if I had my chance… ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/4 "2001-06-22T16:11:30Z")
I could make those people dance… ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/5 "2001-06-22T16:31:32Z")
And maybe they’d be happy for a while. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/6 "2001-06-22T16:35:11Z")
But February made me shiver ---
**Author:** ![Bean\_Counter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Bean\_Counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Counter)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/7 "2001-06-22T16:48:15Z")
With every paper I’d deliver… ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/8 "2001-06-22T16:58:11Z")
Bad news on the doorstep… ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/9 "2001-06-22T17:08:15Z")
I couldn’t take one more step ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/10 "2001-06-22T17:18:42Z")
I can’t remember if I cried ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/11 "2001-06-22T17:26:05Z")
When I read about his wodowed bride, But something touched me deep inside… ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/12 "2001-06-22T17:27:06Z")
The doctor said it would clear up and wasn’t contagious… ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/13 "2001-06-22T17:31:55Z")
But the antibiotics didn’t work… and that was… ---
**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 22, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/14 "2001-06-22T17:32:29Z")
The day the music died. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/15 "2001-06-22T17:34:10Z")
My, my, this here Anakin guy Someday later he’ll be Vader But he’s just a small fry… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/16 "2001-06-22T19:31:06Z")
So bye, bye, Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry Them good ol’ boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin’, "This’ll be the day that I die “This’ll be the day that I die.” [Thanks a lot, **Olentzero**! Now that song’s in my head…] ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/17 "2001-06-22T19:59:55Z")
Now, do you believe in rock and roll… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/18 "2001-06-22T20:11:17Z")
**Tequila!** It’s Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above? ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/19 "2001-06-22T20:11:17Z")
Can music save your mortal soul, and can you teach me how to dance reaaaal slooooow? ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792/20 "2001-06-22T20:13:45Z")
Well I know that your in love with him [sub]dammit[/sub] Cause I saw you dancin in the gym. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-long-time-ago/69792.md?page=2)