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bobby mcgee was originally female, the charachter changed to male by Janis Joplin for her last recorded song before she died. believed to be the same subject of the song "the rose" about billie holliday.

Bobby Mcgee was written by Kris Kristofferson in 1969. It was always rumored that he wrote it for Janis Joplin about Janis Joplin, however he claimed on an episode of Saturday Night Live, that he wrote it for a woman named Bobby Paisner. The film La Strada was an inspiration for the song

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