# Songs about singing songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721 "2019-05-09T13:53:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/81 "2019-11-02T14:58:01Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> “I was singin’: my, my, this here Anakin guy

And of course the original:

_We were singin’ “bye, bye Miss American Pie”_

And we weren’t the only ones singing:

_Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye,  
singin’ “this’ll be the day that I die”_

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