# It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 3, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634 "2022-06-03T17:00:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/1 "2022-06-03T17:00:35Z")
We haven’t done this one in a while. I was out choppin’ cotton, and my brother was balin’ hay ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/2 "2022-06-03T17:19:04Z")
I made sure that this was one of the songs I sent to my 9-year-old nephew last year. Wouldn’t want the younger generations to miss out. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/3 "2022-06-03T18:01:12Z")
It’s been 55 years. You think the narrator has come to terms with it by now? Did she ever marry? Hope it wasn’t to some preacher son or a closeted gay guy. Maybe she moved to the big city. Got a good job, forgot all about the close mindedness of small town Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/4 "2022-06-03T18:07:32Z")
There was a coronavirus going ‘round, papa caught it and he died last spring ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/5 "2022-06-03T18:24:47Z")
> **[Bobbie Gentry - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313160/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)** > > Country singer/songwriter Bobbie Gentry was born Roberta Lee Streeter on July 27, 1944 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Gentry grew up in poverty on... ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/6 "2022-06-03T19:53:18Z")
In our daily morning Teams meeting I wished everyone Happy Billy Joe MacAllister day. The only person who got the reference is an old timer like me. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/7 "2022-06-03T21:45:51Z")
I went out to chop cotton, then I realized I live in the suburbs and don’t grow cotton. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/8 "2022-06-03T21:59:07Z")
I was going to contribute a long, fascinating post, but I’m afraid I don’t have the time right now. There’s five more acres in the lower forty I’ve got to plow. mmm ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/9 "2022-06-03T22:04:20Z")
Goddammit! Blackeyed peas again? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/10 "2022-06-03T22:42:22Z")
As much as I have always loved this song, seeing this performance from _The Andy Williams Show_ brought just a bit more richness to it for me (1971 - 5m19s): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wz3SVL3DB6E/hqdefault.jpg "Bobbie Gentry sings 'Ode To Billie Joe' live on the Andy Williams Show 1971") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz3SVL3DB6E) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/11 "2022-06-03T22:47:07Z")
ETA on those biscuits, please? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/12 "2022-06-04T00:19:40Z")
Freakin’ Brother Taylor did a pop-in today. That dude never calls first. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/13 "2022-06-04T00:39:18Z")
The picture show down to Carroll County closed. It’s a Starbucks now. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/14 "2022-06-04T00:43:58Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ETA on those biscuits, please? And me, I spend a lot of time taking those hard biscuits up to Choctaw Ridge. And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Guess mama learned how to cook from Ellie May. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/15 "2022-06-04T01:17:36Z")
I wonder how the frog is doing. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/16 "2022-06-04T03:06:17Z")
And Mama said to me, "child, what’s happened to your appetite? " ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/17 "2022-06-04T04:34:44Z")
I find myself longing for a bridge these days. Closest one here, you might sprain your ankle. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/18 "2022-06-04T04:45:45Z")
The song is in the key of Gee, I wonder what they threw off the bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/19 "2022-06-04T05:16:16Z")
Nice, that was an actual live version. So many TV performances of that era were just lip synced to the studio version. Ages ago I read an article that stated the original version of the song had many more verses, which were left out when she got to the studio to record it on an album. When the Napster era started, I occasionally searched for longer versions she might have performed live, never found one. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634/20 "2022-06-04T05:16:33Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > …key of Gee, I wonder what they threw off the bridge. I’ve always thought that was obvious. Am I the only one? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634.md?page=2)