It’s sad. When you google Fancy it will tell that Reba released in 1990 with no mention of Bobbie Gentry. You have ask when Bobbie released but then after you see the info, as you scroll down it will go back to saying Reba. I love Reba but Bonnie deserves credit for it. She wrote it in 1969 and released it in 1970
Yes! My grandmama introduced me to ode to Billie Joe when I was little and pressed on the story of it. Lyrics mean so much to me now. I’m 33 and she’s still thriving💕
I spent the summer of 1999 trying to find her. I was a radio dj for years and was thoroughly convinced this was the perfect song. Perfect I admire her. She hit it all. Made that money...sold the records....and then......just walked right away from it ALL. Walked right out on fame. Who does that???? Her. She is perfection and she worked it and walked.
@@padraicotoole2972 he continued to do shows/concerts up until a couple months before he died. She, however, has not done anything in public in decades and no one even knows where she lives.
Bobbie Gentry captured my imagination back in 1967 with Ode to Billie Joe so anything else she did was even better if that is possible. She was a genius.
And in 1967, at 7 years old in Vicksburg Ms...ALL I wanted for Christmas was a Bobby Gentry wig. I had short hair ,had been wearing my mother's half slips on my head for long hair, and when I got that wig from Santa, I was one happy little girl. Mama got her slip back and it's been one of most favorite memories of Christmas. I stayed in front of the mirror with that wig on, along with my hot pink nightie trimmed in feathers and matching slippers.😂
I always think a song belongs to the writer not the singer but I really think Reba interprets better still gentry provided the blueprint and deserves most of the credit
Bobbie’s version was on Mainstream Pop Radio stations. That’s the way it was in the 70’s. Country was really down home twang back then. Some purists think that is better. I like it all. Good songwriting and good music transcends genre.
I feel the opposite. I think Bobbie is a great storyteller, but I thought Reba brought out way more emotion in this song. I think this version is just too pop-ish for the story.
Know what I love about some of the Bobbie Gentry performances I've seen on RUclips? She has natural rhythm and can dance so smooth when she moves. Not saying she could get outrageous with it - she probably could - but I would've loved to see her pop up on an episode of 'Soul Train' moving all silky like that. She's a great dancer, in my opinion. 😎
Fantastic to see this crisp vid of Bobby throwing in a little of her go go dancer beginnings. She blew up big but country wasn’t really ready for a women of such down home rawness and independence at that time. She got out quick once the record companies couldn’t sustain her success, but she left with the bag and lived a real happy and successful life outside of show biz, never bothered to update us or do interviews. That’s f...in CLASS.
well i think not. these matters are addressed in all art form in all eras in all societies. the reason that it works is that it is self contextualized and the person addressing audience is a character or persona in a well crafted drama.
This amazing talented singer Bobbie Gentry needs to be recognized for her talent and amazing music and writing she needs to be in the country and rock hall of fame
Throughout her career she designed her own outfits, both for herself and for the other performers in her productions. She once had a jeans outfit made up, a Levis jean jacket and matching pants, and it had $1 million worth of diamonds sewn onto it. The outfit had to be stored in a vault between shows.
Arthur Serverio, she’s the original creator and performer of the songs lyrics and acoustics. She wrote all her music. Reba just got permission years after to sing Bobby’s song, which was actually Reba’s key break into stardom. Amazing how many people have no knowledge about Bobby Gentry., same as Tony Joe White the original artist who of the song Rainy Night in Georgia that another man gained fame from later performing Tony Joe’s song.
@@sonjajordan7512 I agree that it's amazing how few people realize the impact that Bobbie Gentry had. I also think it's amazing that people don't realize the impact Reba McEntire had. I won't say who I think performs this better because it's all just a matter of personal opinion. Bobbie Gentry was the original but Reba McEntire is for sure the more well-known version. They both did an amazing job. That being said, this song was not Reba's Big break into country music stardom. Reba had her first top 10 country song in 1980 and by the time she released fancy eleven years later in 1991, she had a total of 28 top 10 hits, 14 of those which went to number one. Do I think fancy helped raise her to another level? I can't say that it hurt, But it was only a top ten hit for her, number eight to be exact, so it wasn't this wildly successful number one that catapulted her into international stardom, she was already there
I knew that Reba didn't write this song but I never knew it was a cover song. After finding out Bobbie Gentry sang it first I understand the meaning behind the emotion of the song. Bobbie Gentry lived among that kind of lifestyle.
I'm not happy about Reba remaking this song and getting all the credit for it.Most people by that time, had no idea who BG was and had never heard her sing it! Her deep,sultry,southern voice is what made the song! Reba's twangy, country voice did this song no justice! And neither did her band! This song needed little music to send chills down your spine!Don't believe me, just watch her! She sell's herself!She wrote this song! And believe me, she knows how to sing it!
Ken's wife here. Now I know where my mom learned her dance moves. She danced just like Bobby Gentry. My cousin and his sister were awesome dancers too. Very similar moves. Mom was 15 when I was born so as a young child I was around a lot of people that was into 50s and 60s music. Bobby Gentry's first album.
i've heard this song a hundred times and i still tear up every time she says "i mighta been born just plain white trash but fancy was my name" i have no idea why. but it gets me every single time
Wow, I haven't seen Bobbie in so long I forgot how beautiful she was. She was so sweet and had the prettiest clothes. I've still got my Mama`s dress she wore when they all went out one night. That's one thing about the singer's & celebrities from Mississippi that they had in common, they weren't chased by photographers and people when they were here so they were very friendly when you saw them. They have Bobbie`s name spelled wrong here though. She's living in Memphis now.
Really, in Memphis. Reba claims she has disappeared from the face of the earth. Interesting. That's right. Down to earth people from Mississippi. Good people.
Time has been kind to Bobbie Gentry and her classic story songs. Fancy has sold 25 million records on over two dozen covers. The latest being Orville Peck's gender bending twist in 2020.
Funny, how people today try to imitate these amazing people of the past and the incredible vintage style it can ever be duplicated. You can do all the Christmas at Graceland specials you want but it’ll never be the real thing.
I definitely didn't know it was a cover... This is lovely! Her voice is so nice. Look at me, a youth (not really, I'm 36) hearing a song that's 50 years+ and loving it as much as the "original" I grew up with from Reba. 😂 I wonder if Ms Gentry heard Reba's cover and what she thought.
OMG I've always loved this song. I had no idea that Bobbie sang this way back in the day. She left huge shoes for Reba macentire to fill. Both are and we're amazing entertainers.
Lyrics I remember it all very well lookin' back It was the summer I turned eighteen We lived in a one-room, run down shack On the outskirts of New Orleans We didn't have money for food or rent To say the least we were hard-pressed Then Momma spent every last penny we had To buy me a dancin' dress Momma washed and combed and curled my hair And she painted my eyes and lips Then I stepped into the satin dancin' dress It was split in the side clean up to my hips It was red, velvet-trimmed And it fit me good And starin' back from the lookin' glass Was a woman where a half-grown kid had stood "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down Lord, forgive me for what I do (Please) But if you want out, well it's up to you Now, don't let me down Your Momma's gonna help you move uptown" (Don't let me down, don't let me down) Momma dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck And she kissed my cheek Then, I saw the tears well up in her troubled eyes When she started to speak She looked at our pitiful shack and then She looked at me and took a ragged breath "Your Pa's runned off, and I'm real sick And the baby's gonna starve to death" She handed me a heart-shaped locket that said "To thine own self be true" And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across The toe of my high-heel shoe It sounded like somebody else that was talking Askin' "Momma what do I do?" "Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy And they'll be nice to you" "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down Lord, forgive me for what I do (please) But if you want out, well it's up to you Now get on out, girl, you better start movin' uptown" Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma The night I left that rickety shack 'Cause welfare people came and took the baby Mom died and I ain't been back But the wheels of fate had started to turn And for me there was no way out And it wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly What my Momma been talkin' about I did what I had to do But I made myself this solemn vow That I was gonna to be a lady someday Though I didn't know when or how I couldn't see spendin' the rest of my life With my head hung down in shame I mighta been born just plain white trash But Fancy was my name "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down" Wasn't long after a benevolent man Took me in off the street And one week later I was pourin' his tea In a five-room hotel suite (yes, she was) Well, I've charmed a king, a congressman And an occasional aristocrat And I got me a Georgia mansion And an elegant New York townhouse flat And I ain't done bad (she ain't done bad) Now, in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites That would call me bad And criticize my Momma for turnin' me out No matter how little we had And though I ain't had to worry about nothin' But now on fifteen years I can still hear the desperation In my poor Momma's voice ringin' in my ear "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down Lord, forgive me for what I do (please) But if you want out, well it's up to you Now, don't let me down Your Momma's gonna help you move uptown" And I guess she did
Nodd, thank you for taking the time and care for typing the lyrics out. So many take for granted when people do that for us RUclipsrs. Bobby was a great songwriter! I loved to write all of my life, but with songwriting you need a heavy hook and have a melody along with it. I'm a dancer and an author. I'll stick with that.
Went down to Greenwood, Mississippi three weeks ago. Visited a number of historical sites including where her plaque is near the elementary school she went to. Really cool!
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This woman was years ahead of her time. Real talent.
The 70s were ahead of their time. Everything's been going slowly backward since then.
@@friendlier Wallowing in negativity leaves you missing out on the talent that exists today. People still learn how to sing, write and play.
@@friendlier please bring back the 70's . The music , cars and fashion was the best .
@@friendliergood times...
The best one.
I'm just now finding out "Fancy" was a cover when Reba recorded it, and this is the original. 🤦🏼♀️😆
Im just now finding it out too
Same here
And Bobbie was the original…..👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I’m old enough to remember the original. Bobbie Gentry was amazing.
It’s sad. When you google Fancy it will tell that Reba released in 1990 with no mention of Bobbie Gentry. You have ask when Bobbie released but then after you see the info, as you scroll down it will go back to saying Reba. I love Reba but Bonnie deserves credit for it. She wrote it in 1969 and released it in 1970
I'm old, but Bobbie deserves to be remembered. Please do this for her.
Who’s listening in 2024 I’m an African American girl love this song
Have you heard Ode to Billy Joe?
I’m here
you being african american has nothing to do with you liking this song...... pls be frl
your african americaness has zero to do with this
You mean your black? You've nevrr even been to Africa.
Bobby gentry was one hell of a story teller !
This 2023 and that red outfit she’s wearing is freakin awesome, She was awesome!
That red suit is EVERYTHING!
THE WAY SHE WAS GLIDING ACROSS THAT FLOOR THO SHE SMOOTH 💃🏽
I didn't know this was the original! Awesome!!
Bobbie Gentry is one of those artists that made me realise the importance of lyrics. The amazing stories she tells, so effortlessly... Damn.
Yes! My grandmama introduced me to ode to Billie Joe when I was little and pressed on the story of it. Lyrics mean so much to me now. I’m 33 and she’s still thriving💕
Also most of Bobbie gentry’s songs came out around the time my mom was born💕💕🙃
I know. I love ode to Billy Joe, as well as Fancy.
YES!!!
AMEN!!!
A poor girl from the Mississippi Delta has a lot, lyrically, to say.
This is a flawless performance...love her so much..the voice...the song...the moves..the style..everything!
She's lip-synching!
Its still her voice..Many artist lip sync during live performance.
@louitduva9 0:57 849 its still hrr voice. Alot of people lip sinc on videos.
love that signature 60's dancing LOL
nothing to laugh about.... she was authentic soul not quick and dirty as today... slow is better
Holy cow! That was LIVE! It sounded so good, what a talent.
She's not actually singing live here
I spent the summer of 1999 trying to find her. I was a radio dj for years and was thoroughly convinced this was the perfect song. Perfect
I admire her. She hit it all. Made that money...sold the records....and then......just walked right away from it ALL. Walked right out on fame. Who does that???? Her. She is perfection and she worked it and walked.
David Cassidy walked away too.
Bobby Sherman too.
@@padraicotoole2972 he continued to do shows/concerts up until a couple months before he died. She, however, has not done anything in public in decades and no one even knows where she lives.
Many do not know, She was an (Original) owner of the Phoenix Suns for almost 20 years
@@MrFrankenass and Andy Williams..... odd.....I don't think she owned a controlling share....could be mistaken but yep....she bought in
She is a brilliant lyric writer who saw a lot that many did not see
Never, ever anything better than the original,real deal.
Bobbie Gentry captured my imagination back in 1967 with Ode to Billie Joe so anything else she did was even better if that is possible. She was a genius.
And in 1967, at 7 years old in Vicksburg Ms...ALL I wanted for Christmas was a Bobby Gentry wig. I had short hair ,had been wearing my mother's half slips on my head for long hair, and when I got that wig from Santa, I was one happy little girl. Mama got her slip back and it's been one of most favorite memories of Christmas. I stayed in front of the mirror with that wig on, along with my hot pink nightie trimmed in feathers and matching slippers.😂
@@marymckay7154 Well that is a darling story you told about yourself.
she's hypnotic to watch this was a great performance
Yeah
It upsets me that so many people in the music community refuse to acknowledge her. Most people think this is a Reba McEntire song.
Hello 👋 how are you doing today
Not many people outside of the U.S know who Reba is. We all know Bobbie though!
I just learned today😮
I always think a song belongs to the writer not the singer but I really think Reba interprets better still gentry provided the blueprint and deserves most of the credit
Bobbie’s version was on Mainstream Pop Radio stations. That’s the way it was in the 70’s. Country was really down home twang back then. Some purists think that is better. I like it all. Good songwriting and good music transcends genre.
Bobbie Gentry had a honeysuckle sweet voice. She could sing lullabies with the best of them!!!
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I love Reba- but the original ? Hits way harder .....and how amazing for the time! Bobbie Gentry was a FORCE
I feel the opposite. I think Bobbie is a great storyteller, but I thought Reba brought out way more emotion in this song. I think this version is just too pop-ish for the story.
Know what I love about some of the Bobbie Gentry performances I've seen on RUclips? She has natural rhythm and can dance so smooth when she moves. Not saying she could get outrageous with it - she probably could - but I would've loved to see her pop up on an episode of 'Soul Train' moving all silky like that. She's a great dancer, in my opinion. 😎
She's got moves ❤
Slim, feminine, graceful, qualities difficult to find in today's woman.
I thought so too
Fantastic to see this crisp vid of Bobby throwing in a little of her go go dancer beginnings.
She blew up big but country wasn’t really ready for a women of such down home rawness and independence at that time. She got out quick once the record companies couldn’t sustain her success, but she left with the bag and lived a real happy and successful life outside of show biz, never bothered to update us or do interviews.
That’s f...in CLASS.
Shes amazing
She had the voice, the talent, and moved with grace and elegance.
that's a bold effing song by the standards of any day
well i think not. these matters are addressed in all art form in all eras in all societies. the reason that it works is that it is self contextualized and the person addressing audience is a character or persona in a well crafted drama.
That is soulful story telling.
She was beautiful and powerful and made it sound like a true story from her own personal diary.
It is true tho
❤Bobby Gentry..Best Version..
She was awesome.
She’s still alive 😊
@@gomerhanger2285how you know?
Wish more people knew she wrote this song !!!
I just realized Reba stole this song after all these years. LOL
@@corvey"stole" is a harsh word.
The royalty checks are consolation enough
she looks like one those ladies that would definitely appear on a martin scorsese film. She's gorgeous, elegant and defiant.
I heard this song for the first time today on the Carol Burnett Show and I love it. By the way it’s 2024.
This is such a great performance
I had a huge crush on Bobbie Gentry when I was 10 years old. Watching this video 50 years later reminds me why I did.
This amazing talented singer Bobbie Gentry needs to be recognized for her talent and amazing music and writing she needs to be in the country and rock hall of fame
she was recognized during her time....she was big... You were just not there
Love the outfit!
Throughout her career she designed her own outfits, both for herself and for the other performers in her productions. She once had a jeans outfit made up, a Levis jean jacket and matching pants, and it had $1 million worth of diamonds sewn onto it. The outfit had to be stored in a vault between shows.
Great song! Also love the late 60s fashion and dance moves
WOW! No one does it better!
Arthur Serverio, she’s the original creator and performer of the songs lyrics and acoustics. She wrote all her music. Reba just got permission years after to sing Bobby’s song, which was actually Reba’s key break into stardom. Amazing how many people have no knowledge about Bobby Gentry., same as Tony Joe White the original artist who of the song Rainy Night in Georgia that another man gained fame from later performing Tony Joe’s song.
@@sonjajordan7512 I agree that it's amazing how few people realize the impact that Bobbie Gentry had. I also think it's amazing that people don't realize the impact Reba McEntire had. I won't say who I think performs this better because it's all just a matter of personal opinion. Bobbie Gentry was the original but Reba McEntire is for sure the more well-known version. They both did an amazing job. That being said, this song was not Reba's Big break into country music stardom. Reba had her first top 10 country song in 1980 and by the time she released fancy eleven years later in 1991, she had a total of 28 top 10 hits, 14 of those which went to number one. Do I think fancy helped raise her to another level? I can't say that it hurt, But it was only a top ten hit for her, number eight to be exact, so it wasn't this wildly successful number one that catapulted her into international stardom, she was already there
Wow she's smooth performer
Absolutely drop dead gorgeous woman. What man wouldn't want this beautiful woman for his wife? ❤❤❤❤
Not sure what you’re seeing. But I see a horrendous wig and masculine facial features. Maybe she looks prettier elsewhere. But to each their own.
@@jonathanstiles7221for real you think so?
I knew that Reba didn't write this song but I never knew it was a cover song. After finding out Bobbie Gentry sang it first I understand the meaning behind the emotion of the song. Bobbie Gentry lived among that kind of lifestyle.
Her phrasing is perfection !!
This was one of my favourite songs of my last year in DC. I took me decades to decipher what the lyrics are actually about.
Good gawd that's how you do it! Beautiful, great singing and Jagger moves!!!!!!!
jagger moves? jagger never had rythm
Once in a great while you get people like this that come along in life and it’s fantastic.
REBA says thank you BOBBIE... much respect for both those ladies!
Daaaaaaang!!!!!!! ❤️
Alway loved that dancing move she does.
omg THIS IS BEYOND MAGNIFICENT
I'm not happy about Reba remaking this song and getting all the credit for it.Most people by that time, had no idea who BG was and had never heard her sing it! Her deep,sultry,southern voice is what made the song! Reba's twangy, country voice did this song no justice! And neither did her band! This song needed little music to send chills down your spine!Don't believe me, just watch her! She sell's herself!She wrote this song! And believe me, she knows how to sing it!
Bobbie Gentry is the truth.
Grateful to my dad for introducing me to Bobbie Gentry’s music when I was little. Her music and the stories she tells are timeless.
LOVE this song... "and she ain't done bad"
This lady was a true artist wrote all her own songs and recorded them so much talent and beauty
Ken's wife here. Now I know where my mom learned her dance moves. She danced just like Bobby Gentry. My cousin and his sister were awesome dancers too. Very similar moves. Mom was 15 when I was born so as a young child I was around a lot of people that was into 50s and 60s music. Bobby Gentry's first album.
Ok. This makes so much sense. My mom HS me listen to Ode to Billy the other day - and I thought it reminded me of this song.
She wrote that one too!
I always look at song credits because it’s always so much more meaningful when the person singing wrote the song! Love it, Bobbie 💫
Better than Reba
Absolutely love this song and this original version. One of a kind singer.
It set the world on it's ear
i've heard this song a hundred times and i still tear up every time she says "i mighta been born just plain white trash but fancy was my name" i have no idea why. but it gets me every single time
The Queen Of Music
Wow, I haven't seen Bobbie in so long I forgot how beautiful she was. She was so sweet and had the prettiest clothes. I've still got my Mama`s dress she wore when they all went out one night. That's one thing about the singer's & celebrities from Mississippi that they had in common, they weren't chased by photographers and people when they were here so they were very friendly when you saw them. They have Bobbie`s name spelled wrong here though. She's living in Memphis now.
Really, in Memphis. Reba claims she has disappeared from the face of the earth. Interesting. That's right. Down to earth people from Mississippi. Good people.
Songtelling at it's finest. They certainly do not make them like Bobbie anymore.
That was captivating
Drums are awesome .. . Nice dancing ... Beautiful outfit ... And lady
I know Reba's version of this. Never realized that this was originally done by Bobbie Gentry. Great performance. Thanks for posting.
Hello how are you doing today
Favorite country artist til this day. Sing it darlin ✿
She is something else! 🔥🔥🔥
Always love Bobbie Gentry I'm surprised she never sang the night that the lights went out in Georgia just because that was definitely in her genre.
Time has been kind to Bobbie Gentry and her classic story songs. Fancy has sold 25 million records on over two dozen covers. The latest being Orville Peck's gender bending twist in 2020.
Even as a child I knew what this song was about.
It's about pimping her daughter out right?
Me to
Stunning
Very good singer writer and smooth dancers. Voice nice accent
Best version the original!
I had no idea this was a Bobbie Jo Gentry original. Wow!!!
Hello how are you doing today
She was such a stunning beauty !!!!!
Dang.. she could definitely charm a king and congressman even today. Original version and define the best!
How have I only just found this uber talented woman!! 😮
So fresh and classic at the same time! 💫
Funny, how people today try to imitate these amazing people of the past and the incredible vintage style it can ever be duplicated. You can do all the Christmas at Graceland specials you want but it’ll never be the real thing.
I definitely didn't know it was a cover... This is lovely! Her voice is so nice. Look at me, a youth (not really, I'm 36) hearing a song that's 50 years+ and loving it as much as the "original" I grew up with from Reba. 😂
I wonder if Ms Gentry heard Reba's cover and what she thought.
She deffently heard rebas version. Usually artist have to ask permission to sing another persons song. Expessislly when there famous.
That brass line awesome
I'm in love.
The song is her autobiography.
She married Bill Harrah, founder if Harrah's Casino.
So bloody brilliant. Saw her live in Sydney way back then, Chevron Silver Spade. Tiny girl, a hundred cossie changes, perfect musician, got out good
OMG I've always loved this song. I had no idea that Bobbie sang this way back in the day. She left huge shoes for Reba macentire to fill. Both are and we're amazing entertainers.
I love the way Reba did it but I love Bobbie, it's Bobbies song but Reba brong it home. I love it. Thanks to both for the great song.
Man I still love her...100 percent pure. Almost like she was a dream we woke up and she was gone
I had to shut up Reba to come listen to Bobby do her song. What song writer, voice and beauty.
Lyrics
I remember it all very well lookin' back
It was the summer I turned eighteen
We lived in a one-room, run down shack
On the outskirts of New Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
To say the least we were hard-pressed
Then Momma spent every last penny we had
To buy me a dancin' dress
Momma washed and combed and curled my hair
And she painted my eyes and lips
Then I stepped into the satin dancin' dress
It was split in the side clean up to my hips
It was red, velvet-trimmed
And it fit me good
And starin' back from the lookin' glass
Was a woman where a half-grown kid had stood
"Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do (Please)
But if you want out, well it's up to you
Now, don't let me down
Your Momma's gonna help you move uptown"
(Don't let me down, don't let me down)
Momma dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck
And she kissed my cheek
Then, I saw the tears well up in her troubled eyes
When she started to speak
She looked at our pitiful shack and then
She looked at me and took a ragged breath
"Your Pa's runned off, and I'm real sick
And the baby's gonna starve to death"
She handed me a heart-shaped locket that said
"To thine own self be true"
And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across
The toe of my high-heel shoe
It sounded like somebody else that was talking
Askin' "Momma what do I do?"
"Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy
And they'll be nice to you"
"Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do (please)
But if you want out, well it's up to you
Now get on out, girl, you better start movin' uptown"
Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma
The night I left that rickety shack
'Cause welfare people came and took the baby
Mom died and I ain't been back
But the wheels of fate had started to turn
And for me there was no way out
And it wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
What my Momma been talkin' about
I did what I had to do
But I made myself this solemn vow
That I was gonna to be a lady someday
Though I didn't know when or how
I couldn't see spendin' the rest of my life
With my head hung down in shame
I mighta been born just plain white trash
But Fancy was my name
"Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down"
Wasn't long after a benevolent man
Took me in off the street
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
In a five-room hotel suite (yes, she was)
Well, I've charmed a king, a congressman
And an occasional aristocrat
And I got me a Georgia mansion
And an elegant New York townhouse flat
And I ain't done bad (she ain't done bad)
Now, in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites
That would call me bad
And criticize my Momma for turnin' me out
No matter how little we had
And though I ain't had to worry about nothin'
But now on fifteen years
I can still hear the desperation
In my poor Momma's voice ringin' in my ear
"Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do (please)
But if you want out, well it's up to you
Now, don't let me down
Your Momma's gonna help you move uptown"
And I guess she did
Nodd, thank you for taking the time and care for typing the lyrics out. So many take for granted when people do that for us RUclipsrs. Bobby was a great songwriter! I loved to write all of my life, but with songwriting you need a heavy hook and have a melody along with it. I'm a dancer and an author. I'll stick with that.
There's a dark and DIRTY side to what some folks call " down home " !!!
Thank you
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i love you bobie gentry the bible says we are all sinners i am a condemned man for the lord there is hope somewhere maybe not here
She was always amazing ..one of the best female singers ever ❤
Brilliant lyrics, voice and performance. There has never been a singer/artist like Bobbie Gentry.
Perfection!
Musical storytelling at its best!
Wow! I was totally in love with this beautiful woman back when I was 14. That’s pure, real, 100% woman! Absolutely beautiful!
I love Reba. But I never liked her singing Fancy. Now that I've heard this song by Bobbie Gentry, I actually like it
Love the " sixties" moves she's giving
If anyone should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Bobbie should be there. A real Trail Blazer
Omg. I loved this ❤️. U go girl
Went down to Greenwood, Mississippi three weeks ago. Visited a number of historical sites including where her plaque is near the elementary school she went to. Really cool!
Good looks and intelligent lady.!!