And another dusty Delta day....
"It was the 3rd of June"...
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[Verse 1]
It was the dark of the moon
On the sixth of June
In a Kenworth, pullin' logs
Cabover Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We was headin' for bear
On 'I-1-0
'Bout a mile out Shakey Town
I says, Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck
And I'm about to put the hammer down
It was the dark of the moon
On the sixth of June
In a Kenworth, pullin' logs
Cabover Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We was headin' for bear
On 'I-1-0
'Bout a mile out Shakey Town
I says, Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck
And I'm about to put the hammer down
I was out chopping cotton
THE PILGRIM
Member
I was in a VW. In Memphis. With my Bro.
We were headed back to his apt. This song came on the Radio.
We stopped talking and started listening!
He did what?
My Bro pulled into his parking spot, and we sat there and listened to the rest of the song.
We didn’t fully understand it then and probably still don’t!
We were headed back to his apt. This song came on the Radio.
We stopped talking and started listening!
He did what?
My Bro pulled into his parking spot, and we sat there and listened to the rest of the song.
We didn’t fully understand it then and probably still don’t!
It was the third of June
On that summer's day
When I became a man
At the hands of a girl
Almost twice my age…
On that summer's day
When I became a man
At the hands of a girl
Almost twice my age…
I was standing at the counter
I was waitin' for the change
When I heard that old familiar music start
It was like a lighted match
Had been tossed into my soul
It was like a dam had broken in my heart
I was waitin' for the change
When I heard that old familiar music start
It was like a lighted match
Had been tossed into my soul
It was like a dam had broken in my heart
Delta Expatriate
Member
Were y'all listening to it on WHBQ in Memphis? We listened to it on that station, down in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi - seemed like they played it constantly that summer. But apparently the bridge that the song was talking of was in Leflore County - or at least that is the one that was used in the movie, made several years later. Bobbie Gentry was originally from Chickasaw County, and the Tallahatchie River does not run through it, nor does it border it.
bigggbbruce
Member
The line in the song "Papa was a Rollin' Stone "
It was the third of September.
It was the third of September.
DWalt
Member
I always liked narrative story songs. Another from that general time period is Harper Valley PTA. Then there’s El Paso. Always wondered what happened to wicked Felina. Many Mexican songs are of that type, called Corridos down there. Some go on forever.
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THE PILGRIM
Member
It’s a Song People!
The Great Bobby Troup-
‘Flagstaff, Arizona,
Don’t forget Winona.’
How many of you folks ever been to Winona?
I have! You don’t really need to go there. Not a lot to see!
Its greatest significance is - it rhymes with Flagstaff, AZ!
Not to mention its East of Flag, so if your heading West to LA, well Dah!
The Great Bobby Troup-
‘Flagstaff, Arizona,
Don’t forget Winona.’
How many of you folks ever been to Winona?
I have! You don’t really need to go there. Not a lot to see!
Its greatest significance is - it rhymes with Flagstaff, AZ!
Not to mention its East of Flag, so if your heading West to LA, well Dah!
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Delta Expatriate
Member
Been to and through Winona many times. It is in Montgomery County - if you are going there from Tallahatchie County, you have to go through Grenada County, or you can take a route that takes you Leflore County and Carroll County.
Infidel137
US Veteran
Another sleepy dusty delta day....
Wife and I saw Bobbie Gentry preform it live in Vegas. She was gorgeous and was the opening act for Dean Martin.
