1970s
What song?
Poppa Was A Rolling Stone (1972)
Who sang it? Wrote it?
Sung here by Temptations
Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
What song?
Poppa Was A Rolling Stone (1972)
Who sang it? Wrote it?
Sung here by Temptations
Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
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It was the third of September
That day I'll always remember,
yes I will
'Cause that was the day
that my daddy died
I never got a chance
to see him
Never heard nothin'
but bad things about him
Momma I'm depending on you
to tell me the truth
Momma just hung her head
and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat
was his home
And when he died,
all he left us was alone"
It was the third of September
That day I'll always remember,
yes I will
'Cause that was the day
that my daddy died
I never got a chance
to see him
Never heard nothin'
but bad things about him
Momma I'm depending on you
to tell me the truth
Momma just hung her head
and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat
was his home
And when he died,
all he left us was alone"