Ayale-com.704 net.general utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!yale-com!pv Mon Jan 18 14:58:45 1982 Origins of folk history I would like to steer net discussions away from introverted and incestuous issues, which have characterised it of late. Does anyone have any ideas, theories, or knowledge about exactly what did happen to Billy Joe McAllister on the Tallahassee Bridge, all those years ago. I refer, of course, to the storyline of the popular folk song "Ode to Billy Joe". Here's hoping somebody knows. . . Peter van der Linden, pv@yale-comix ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.