For 14 weeks in the late summer and early fall of 1967, Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe climbed the charts to number one and dominated the talk around water coolers, gym lockers, and sewing circles across the country:
- Was it really the family's daughter who was seen with Billie Joe throwing something off the Tallahatchie bridge?
- What were they throwing, anyway?
- And what were the two of them talking about after church last Sunday?
- And for crying out loud, why in the world did Bille Joe MacAllister jump off that bridge?
Here we are, almost 57 years later, and our researchers at Almost the Truth are pleased to announce the answers to all these questions raised by the 412th greatest song of all time.
Was it really the family's daughter that was seen with Billie Joe, throwing something off the Tallahatchie bridge?
Yes. Yes it was.
What were they throwing?
Something.
What were the two of them talking about after church last Sunday?
A personal matter.
Why did Bille Joe MacAllister jump off the bridge?
He wanted to die.
See? It wasn't so all-fire mysterious.
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