Ode To Billie Joe
...and people still argue about who really wrote the song: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1623
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consistent
I like the album and Bobbie Gentry has got a nice, southern country style. A lot of these songs sound very similar to each other, however.
Haunting
Still. I love this album. Ode to Billie Joe has been under my skin since I was a child and now the whole album is as well.
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