# Popular Music and the Circumstances of My Birth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266 "2007-11-30T02:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 30, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/21 "2007-11-30T07:44:50Z")
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man… ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/22 "2007-11-30T08:08:28Z")
[Bad to the Bone](http://www.bluesforpeace.com/lyrics/bad-to-bone.htm) [QUOTE=linked site] On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/23 "2007-11-30T08:08:57Z")
I was born one morning when the sun didn’t shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the boss-man said"Well, bless-a my soul" ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/24 "2007-11-30T09:29:40Z")
I was born by the river, in a little tent, And just like the river, I’ve been runnin’ ever since ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/25 "2007-11-30T09:37:30Z")
“She was born in November 1963 the day Aldous Huxley died…” _Tuesday Night Music Club_ is one of most underrated alt-country albums ever (and yes, I would classify it as alt-country, even though it was poppy.) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/26 "2007-11-30T11:01:21Z")
I was born in the desert, raised in a lion’s den ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/27 "2007-11-30T11:11:32Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] I was born to love you [/QUOTE] I was booooorn to lick your face I was booooorn to rub you, but you were born to rub me first. (well, not _you_ specifically, **Bricker**. No offense.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Why\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@The\_Why\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Why_Bird)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/28 "2007-11-30T11:11:58Z")
Born to hand-jive baby! Before I was born late one night, My Papa said everything’s alright The doctor laughed,when mama laid down, With a stomach bouncing all around Mama gave birth to the hand-jive ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/29 "2007-11-30T11:29:47Z")
[gravel voice ON] I was born under a wandering star [gravel voice OFF] ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/30 "2007-11-30T11:40:54Z")
My father was a fisherman My mama was a fisherman’s friend And I was born in the boredom and the chowder So when I reached my prime I left my home in the Maritimes Headed down the turnpike for New England, sweet New England ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/31 "2007-11-30T11:43:29Z")
I was born in the Dublin street Where the Loyalist drums did beat, And those loving English feet They walked all over us. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/32 "2007-11-30T13:42:13Z")
Tom Paxton’s excellent song based on Ron Kovic’s Vietnam war memoir “Born on the 4th of July” I was born on the 4th of July. No one more loyal than I. When my country said so I was ready to go. And I wish I’d been left there to die. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/33 "2007-11-30T13:57:06Z")
You were born to be my baby, and baby I was made to be your man A child arrived just the other day, he came to the world in the usual way ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/34 "2007-11-30T13:59:17Z")
I was born in 1968. Born to replace Bobby Kennedy. Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah (well, it’s not popular, but it’s pop, okay?) The truth be told, the child was born. Man your own jackhammer! (not pop, but popular) [mondegreen]I was born without you, baby, but my feelings were a little bit too strong.[/mondegreen] ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/35 "2007-11-30T16:53:47Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] _I was born in a cross-fire hurricane_ [/QUOTE] Actually, I heard it as “Class 5 hurricane.” ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/36 "2007-11-30T17:57:19Z")
Bad luck wind been blowing on my back, I was born to bring trouble to wherever I’m at. I was born in the soul of misery, never had me a name, they just gave me the Number when I was young. I was born in the dirt, I never had no home. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/37 "2007-11-30T18:43:16Z")
Born a natural loser – can’t recall just where Raised on brew and poker and a dollar here and there ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/38 "2007-11-30T18:54:30Z")
He was born in the summer of his 27th year. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/39 "2007-11-30T19:01:07Z")
I was born… a poor black child. (Steve Martin) ---
**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:** [November 30, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266/40 "2007-11-30T19:32:13Z")
I wasn’t myself, but surely somebody here was born a coal miner’s daughter…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-music-and-the-circumstances-of-my-birth/428266.md?page=3)