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Ode To Billie Joe

In the style of

Bobbie Gentry

Lyrics

it was
the third of june
another
sleepy dusty
delta day

i was out
choppin' cotton
and my brother
was bailin' hay

and at dinnertime
we stopped
and walked
back to the house
to eat

and mama hollered
at the back door
y'all remember
to wipe your feet

and then
she said
i got some news
this mornin'
from choctaw ridge

today
billie joe mcallister
jumped off
the tallahatchee
bridge

papa said
to mama
as he
passed around
the black-eyed peas

well billie joe
never had
a lick of sense
pass the biscuits
please

there's
five more acres
in the lower forty
i've got to plow
and mama said
it was a shame
about billie joe
anyhow

seems like
nothin' ever
comes to no good
up on
choctaw ridge

and now
billie joe mcallister's
jumped off
the tallahatchee
bridge

brother said
he recollected
when he and tom
and billie joe

put a frog
down my back
at the
carroll county
picture show

and wasn't i
talkin' to him
after church
last sunday night

i'll have
another piece
of apple pie
you know
it don't seem right

i saw him
at the sawmill
yesterday
on choctaw ridge

and now
you tell me
billie joe's
jumped off
the tallahatchee
bridge

mama said to me
child
what's happened
to your appetite

i been cookin'
all mornin'
and you
haven't touched
a single bite

that nice
young preacher
brother taylor
dropped by today

said
he'd be pleased
to have dinner
on sunday
oh by the way

he said
he saw a girl
that looked
a lot like you
up on
choctaw ridge

and she and billie joe
was
throwin' somethin'
off
the tallahatchee
bridge

a year has
come and gone
since
we heard the news
'bout billie joe

brother married
becky thompson
they bought
a store
in tupelo

there was
a virus
goin' 'round
papa caught it
and he died
last spring

and now
mama doesn't seem
to want
to do much
of anything

and me
i spend
a lot of time
pickin' flowers
up on
choctaw ridge

and drop them
into
the muddy water
off
the tallahatchee
bridge

Details

  • Duration : 4:19
  • Key : D
  • Genre : Pop
  • Year released : 1967
  • Language : English

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