Ode To Billie Joe

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Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

About Ode To Billie Joe

The Ode To Billie Joe Songfacts reports that this song tells the story of a guy who kills himself by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge. There really was a Tallahatchie Bridge in Greenwood, Mississippi, but Gentry made up the story. The Tallahatchie Bridge collapsed in 1972. .

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About this song

Credited to: Bobbie Gentry
Album: Old Country Hits · Track 20 of 31
Released: November 15, 2019
Duration: 4:15
On Last.fm: 109,762 listeners on Last.fm

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