1890s (1891-189-10):
Working on the railway
Patsy ory ory ay (3X)
Working on the railway (CHORUS)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-one the Erie Railroad was begun, the Erie railroad was begun.
Working on the railway
In eighteen hundred and ninety-two, found myself with nothing to do, found myself with nothing to do.
Working on the railway
In eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the Erie Railroad hired me. (etc.)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-four, my back was getting mighty sore. (etc.)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-five, found myself more dead than alive. (etc.)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-six, found myself with dynamite sticks. (etc.)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, found myself on my way to heaven. (etc.)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, found myself at Pearly Gates. (etc.)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, found myself in heaven sublime. (etc.)
In eighteen hundred and ninety-ten, decide to start my life again. (etc.)
1825: “Around about eighteen and twenty-five, I left Tennessee very much alive” Tennessee Stud by Doc Watson
1916: “and I see by your gravestone you were only 19 when you joined the great fallen in 1916” No Man’s Land by Eric Bogle
1940: “1940 x-mas eve with a full moon over town” Stagger Lee by the Grateful Dead
1943: “my drifting memory goes back to the spring of '43” California Cotton Fields by Merle Haggard
1944: “I might live to be a hundred, I was born in '44” Leave the Light on by Chris Smither
1945: “Flying over Hiroshima, 1945” 1945 by Social Distortion
1952: “It’s a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952” 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson
1965: “Frankie went into the army back in 1965” Highway Patrol by Bruce Springsteen
1968: “He left a hero in the jungle back in 1968” 1968 by Dave Alvin
1988: “It’s something I hate. You’re so 1988” You’re so 1988 by Epperley
1951: “He was born on a summer day, 1951” “Lonely Boy”, Andrew Gold
1953: “In the summer of '53 his mother/ Brought him a sister” “Lonely Boy”, Andrew Gold
1969: “He left home on a winter day, 1969” “Lonely Boy”, Andrew Gold
1975: “Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of '75/ From the high to the low to the end of the show/ For the rest of their lives” “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”, Billy Joel
1965: “Remember sixty-five/Well the kids are all grown up/But their records are still alive” - “Back Together Again” Hall and Oates
1968: “Musty cracked a beer and said/Let’s celebrate/Goofus caught the first buck/Since 1968” - “Second Week of Deer Camp” The Yoopers
1979 - “They amplified the autumn, 1979” - “Ignoreland” by R.E.M.
“Ignoreland” also contains the lyric “1980, 84, 88, 92 too, too” if we are missing any of those years.
1959- And I know which way the wind blows in 1959. “1959” by The Sisters of Mercy.
1963- It was January, 1963 when Johnny came home with a gift for me. “1963” by New Order.
1982- If I’m guilty then so are you. It was March 4, 1982. “Radar” by Morphine.
1963: “She was born in November 1963/The day Aldous Huxley died” - “Run, Baby, Run” Sheryl Crow
1870. “Back in 1870”-Sub-Rosa Subway by Klaatu.
1981. “When I hit the streets back in 81”-White Feather by Marillion.
1977 and 1982
Skynyrd was set to play Huntsville, Alabama, in the spring of '77, I had a ticket but it got cancelled.
So, the show, it was rescheduled for the “Street Survivors Tour”.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
So I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads in '82 right before that plane crash.
“Let There Be Rock” by Drive-By Truckers.
1916 - ‘And I see by your gravestone you were only 19, when you joined the glorious fallen in 1916’ and ‘And, though you died back in 1916, to that loyal heart are you always 19?’ - No Man’s Land (AKA Willie McBride, AKA The Green Fields of France), Eric Bogle
1516-Since fifteen-hundred and sixteen, minds attacked and overseen. “People of The Sun” by Rage Against The Machine.
1847. “In the spring of forty-seven, So the story, it is told” - Sutter’s Mill by Dan Fogelberg
1860. “And by the spring of eighteen-sixty, They had opened up the west.” - Sutter’s Mill by Dan Fogelberg
1962, 1986, 1958, 1971, 1998
Now Wallace was for all practical purposes the governor of Alabama from 1962 until 1986…
But he lost his first bid for Governor in 1958…
Ironically, in 1971, after a particularly racially charged campaign Wallace began backpedaling…
And George Wallace died back in '98 and he’s in Hell now…
“The Three Great Alabama Icons” by Drive-by Truckers.
So…do you really think I’m going to sort this all out, search for the actual lyrics, copy and paste them in, then properly re-format?
Thanks for playing, I guess. 
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1966 " '66 Seems like the year I was really going some where, we were living in San Fransisco with Flowers in our Hair" Rock ‘n’ roll (the best years of our lives) by the Cats
1969 “And then '69 in L.A. came around so soon, we were really making headway and writing lots of tunes” Rock ‘n’ roll (the best years of our lives) by the Cats
1971 " ‘71 In Soho when I saw Suzanne, I was tryin’ to go solo with someone else’s band" Rock ‘n’ roll (the best years of our lives) by the Cats
1973. “In a club with you In 1973” – 1973 by James Blunt.
2000. “In the year 2000” – Anthem For The Year 2000 by Silverchair.
1951. “He was born on a summer day, 1951” – Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold.
1953. “In the summer of '53 his mother brought him a sister” – Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold.
1969. “He left home on a winter day, 1969” – Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold.
1945. “I shoulda been born in '45” – 1945 by Jamie Grace.
1954. “In '54 I woulda been 9” – 1945 by Jamie Grace.
1959. “My first pair of high heels in '59” – 1945 by Jamie Grace.
1965. “I shoulda been born in '65” – 1945 by Jamie Grace.
1974. “In '74 I woulda been 9” – 1945 by Jamie Grace.
1979. “I woulda been a teenager round '79” – 1945 by Jamie Grace.
1991. “And lovely 1991 That’s the year that I come from” – 1945 by Jamie Grace.
1945. “Flying over Hiroshima, 1945” – 1945 by Social Distortion.
1945. “*One evening 1945 With just her sister at her side *” – Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel.