Ode To Billy Joe Song

Ode to billie joe lyrics.

Ode to billy joe song. Lyrics it was the third of june another sleepy dusty delta day i was out choppin cotton and my br. It was the third of june another sleepy dusty delta day i was out choppin cotton and my brother was balin hay and at dinner time we stopped and walked back to. Billy joe mcallister jumped off the bridge because he was struggling with the fact that he was in love with a young girl but physically attracted to a man. Digitized from the 45 rpm disc shown in the video above.

The single released on july 10 1967 was a number one hit in the us within three weeks of release and a big international seller. Today it remains one of the most popular country songs of all time. Gentry was not in the film but re recorded ode to billie joe for the soundtrack. A movie with the title spelled ode to billy joe was released in 1976.

Bobbie gentry performs ode to billie joe live on the bbc in 1968. 1944 released a single entitled ode to billie joe its breezy bluegrass melody and catchy chorus made for an instant hit and billie joe leapt to the top of the charts. He realized that he loved the girl but could not be with her in the way they both wanted him to be. Song meaningi too like at least one other commenter here think the spelling of billie joe is a hint to the meaning of this song it is the female spelling and yet the same spelling doesn t appear in the song.

Here i assume that the song lyrics were transcribed from the original source and reflect the intended spelling also i believe it is clear that the girl telling the story had. He had a sexual encounter with that man. In the summer of 1967 country singer bobbie gentry b. Ode to billy joe.