# "Saturday, in the park, I think it was the 4th of July..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289 "2011-08-27T14:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/21 "2011-08-27T16:43:31Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > I don’t know…I was trying to remember a time in September. Do you remember…your president Nixon? Or the bills you have to pay? Or even yesterdaaayyyyy? ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/22 "2011-08-27T16:45:40Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > It was the third of September, that day I’ll always remember. > > 'Cause that was the day that my daddy died. No no, you’re thinking of the day the _music_ died. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/23 "2011-08-27T16:46:49Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > I don’t know…I was trying to remember a time in September. Deep in December it’s nice to remember ETA Nitpick: It’s “Try to remember that kind of September” ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/24 "2011-08-27T16:47:00Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > I don’t know…I was trying to remember a time in September. If you remember, then follow. Follow. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/25 "2011-08-27T16:47:26Z")
it wasn’t July at all, it was late December back in '63. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/26 "2011-08-27T16:48:04Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > No no, you’re thinking of the day the _music_ died. Well February did make me shiver. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/27 "2011-08-27T16:54:18Z")
September I’ll remember, a love once new has now grown old. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/28 "2011-08-27T17:38:17Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I’m not convinced it was even really Saturday. It could have been Tuesday Afternoon. Who can hang a name on you? Still, I’m going to miss you… ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/29 "2011-08-27T17:45:21Z")
It was early morning, April 4… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/30 "2011-08-27T17:50:59Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > I remember what the Dormouse said. I was supposed to take a pill or eat a mushroom or something wasn’t I? That stupid caterpillar was mumbling. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/31 "2011-08-27T17:53:12Z")
I thought it was the day Billy Joe McCalister jumped of that damn bridge Or was it the day I left the cake in the rain and lost the recipe? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/32 "2011-08-27T18:30:11Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Or was it the day I left the cake in the rain and lost the recipe? Is it raining again, crap, the levee is gonna break. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/33 "2011-08-27T18:42:23Z")
He had to be high, with all that talk about slow motion riders and talking bronze statues. ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/34 "2011-08-27T18:53:18Z")
but it don’t rain in Indianapolis in the summertime. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/35 "2011-08-27T19:12:09Z")
No, it was dark of the moon on the sixth of June, in a Kenworth pullin’ logs. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/36 "2011-08-27T20:18:50Z")
Maybe the lyricist was taking a knickerbocker holiday… Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December but the days grow short when you reach September… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/37 "2011-08-27T20:25:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > No, it was dark of the moon on the sixth of June, in a Kenworth pullin’ logs. Better than a Jimmy haulin’ hogs. **Knead** a.k.a. “Cab-over Pete” ---
**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:** [August 27, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/38 "2011-08-27T20:28:01Z")
he doesn’t know, he was really drunk at the time ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/39 "2011-08-27T20:36:03Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December but the days grow short when you reach September… But will I see you in September, or lose you to a summer love? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/40 "2011-08-27T22:12:50Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > But will I see you in September, or lose you to a summer love? Just wake me up when September ends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=3)