"It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day”: the opening lyrics to the Bobby Gentry hit, Ode to Billie Joe. 10 things you might not know about the song.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/06/3-june-ode-to-billie-joe.html

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Hearing this song as a kid when we first moved to Britain is what turned me into a goth.

Death. Sex. Sex. Death. Death. And Death.

https://youtu.be/nv33eaygVDQ

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