BlondezillasMaid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is bobbies song...reba covered it...this song was popular with bobbie way before reba even started out in the business Oo

songbirdsearching (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

was she trying to do the Elvis/Michael Jackson thing? Or did she set the trend?

julielvsliason (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Love this version, I remember hearing my mom play this on her record player ironing clothes when I was a little girl. I hated the nasal shrill Reba version. How nice to find this here. Thanks

gorgon53 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Breathtaking. Sympathetic tale of an impoverished girl pushed by life into prostitution, that isn't the least bit whiney or apologetic about it. This clear and confrontational country song held its own on the charts, against the monster hits by The Beatles. Just look at Bobbie match her recording, live. One of the grandest folk song poets of the mid-century, and where did she disappear?

danieldrownr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

She looks beautiful and sophisticated at 26 in this video. Recent pictures of her in her 60's still show a woman of considerable beauty with the same great figure and signature mane of thick flowing hair in a shorter style.

gwizdawka (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It is 1970? She looks older.

jache77 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this was a damn good song! deal with it country bitch!

danieldrownr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The first cover of this Bobbie Gentry classic was by Lynn Anderson in 1970.

LyricLover420 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ooops...my bad. This is the only "country" music I listen to...never heard this version until today. Yes, Bobbie Gentry is the original author!

TheChosenOne613 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No, this is Gentry's song; McEntire covered it, as did Julia Murney.