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  • Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Tallahatchie Bridge, Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe

    Bobbie Gentry has written one of the most talked about songs of the century. The mystery endures: what DID Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

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    • Orville from MsIt has always been clear to Mississippians the reason the young lady lost her appetite was because she was pregnant by Bobbie Joe and that’s why she left town after he committed suicide because of the old gay guy abusing him after he got him drunk. Nothing else to see here. Just shows how families can go off the rails after such an event.
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  • Texas Texas Foster & Lloyd - Texas In 1880

    Pretty self-evident, this song about 1880s rodeoing in Texas is fantastical and truth-laden all at once.

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  • Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All

    After winning the first-ever American Idol, Kelly Clarkson felt forced to return fire when so much of the press and paparazzi began taking pot shots at her.

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