It was the 3rd of June............

I had just seen that vid on PBS so I looked up w I knew exactly what the title was
I looked up what it meant. Still don't know

 

I thought you were starting a "Convoy" thread.

 

Oops, Convoy is the SIXTH of June. Memory fail.

 

Thank you for correcting that PE
Now I know what you meant

 

I knew immediately what you were reffering to when I read the thread title. Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe. She was a looker...

The song always reminds me of the hot summer of 1967 - hearing it in the late evenings on a small transistor radio I had while at Worth Ranch - Scout camp. It was located on the Brazos River, not far from Palo Pinto / Mineral Wells.

 

The bridge mentioned in the song is literally feet from Bryant’s Grocery & Meat Market, where Emmett Till’s seemingly harmless actions cost him his life in 1955.