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I read the book “Ode to Billy Joe” when it came out, oh, back in the sixties, I suppose. And I saw the movie, I think Robbie Benson was in it. The movie and the song were from the seventies, I do believe… that’s where I am putting this one, anyway. If I am wrong, let me know and i will re-catagorize it. Bobby Gentry does an excellent job with a song that makes no sense whatsoever if you haven’t read the book, or at least seen the movie. Homosexual conduct was a pretty cloaked topic back then in most circles, and I suppose that, even though that was underneath the storyline in the book, they just didn’t feel like putting it into the song. The song is good, anyway.

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