It's the third of June,

#1

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/3/10 at 3:11pm

Another sleepy dusty Delta day.

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And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

#2

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:17pm

I was out chopping cotton, and my brother was baling hay,

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And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

#3

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:26pm

Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy, and they'll be nice to you

#4

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:52pm

The song's popularity proved so enduring that in 1976, nine years after its release, Warner Bros. commissioned author Herman Raucher to adapt it into a novel and screenplay, Ode to Billy Joe (note different spelling). The poster's tagline, which treats the film as being based on actual events and even gives a date of death for Billy (June 3, 1953), led many to believe that the song was based on actual events. In fact, when Raucher met Bobbie Gentry in preparation for writing the novel and screenplay, she confessed that she herself had no idea why Billie killed himself. In Raucher's novel and screenplay, Billy Joe (played by Robby Benson) kills himself after realizing he is homosexual, and the object thrown from the bridge is the narrator's rag doll.

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Updated On: 6/4/10 at 10:52 PM

#5

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:19pm

Phyllis, I love the, um, choreography in that video.

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And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

#6

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:21pm

It's the best part!

#7

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/4/10 at 10:17am

"M-I-double S-I-double S-I-double P-I!"

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Updated On: 6/4/10 at 10:17 AM

#8

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/4/10 at 11:54am

There used to be a wonderful video on YouTube of Ella Fitzgerald singing the song to Fran Sinatra on one of his TV special, but it must have been taken down.

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#9

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/4/10 at 8:43pm

PalJoey, I finally found it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nnDel-P54M

#10

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/4/10 at 9:17pm

Thanks! I searched under "Billie Jo" and "Billy Jo"--I never thought to look under "Choctaw Ridge."

I don't know who's having more fun--Ella singing it or Frank watching her sing it.

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#11

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/4/10 at 11:28pm

This one is smoking hot.
Niki Hoeky

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And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

#12

It's the third of June,

Posted: 6/4/10 at 11:41pm

I didn't search "Choctaw Ridge" either -- I just kept looking for Ella/Frank videos and finally lucked out. I wonder if the uploader purposely named it that way as a (potential) deterrent to it being deleted. :shrug:

I don't know who's having more fun--Ella singing it or Frank watching her sing it.

Ain't it the truth!