Hi Jayne,
I first discovered this song covered by Tammy Wynette, but it's good to hear - and share - the Bobbie Gentry original. I like the video too, she's a gifted performer. I'm glad you found the song deepened by seeing it in this context!
Yup, the narrator and Billie Joe drop something off the Tallahatchee Bridge, and a couple of days later, he drowns himself. What did they drop? They made a film with this title in 1976, where his secret is a gay encounter. But Bobbie Gentry preferred to leave us hanging. I'll have another piece of apple pie, says the brother, as when in L'Etranger Meursault and Marie witness a guy beating his girlfriend, and Meursault shortly afterward remarks, "Marie wasn't hungry so I ate her dinner."
Cheers,
John
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