# Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 4, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809 "2009-09-04T00:18:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/1 "2009-09-04T00:18:28Z")

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It was the 3rd of September. That day I’ll always remember…

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/2 "2009-09-04T00:21:03Z")

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That day I’ll always remember, yes I will. …

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/3 "2009-09-04T00:38:19Z")

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. . . cos that was the day, that my daddy died.

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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, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/4 "2009-09-04T01:59:27Z")

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I never had a chance to meet him

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**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/5 "2009-09-04T02:33:07Z")

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Never heard nuthin’ but bad things about him

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/6 "2009-09-04T03:54:22Z")

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Mama, I’m dependin on you to tell me the truu-uuuuth.

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**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/7 "2009-09-04T09:28:43Z")

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And Mama just hung her head and said:

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-was-a-rollin-stone/508809/8 "2009-09-04T12:46:23Z")

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Locked song lyrics thread. Discussion of song lyrics goes in Cafe Society, but posting all the words to a song is too pointless even for this forum.