Bobbie Gentry’s Famous “Third of June” Song Lives in the University of Mississippi
“There are some truly amazing things in the Ole Miss Archives! I have read that the recorded song was much longer, but at least 2, maybe 3, verses got edited out. The record company has looked for the original tape, with all the verses, and cannot find it!. I have also read that she sat by herself in the studio and sang and played guitar for the song. The strings were later added, and when she heard her song with the strings added, she thought her song had been “ruined”! Fortunately it had NOT been.”
– Starke Miller, local historian
