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Ode to Billie Joe
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Bobbie Gentry
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It was the third of June Another sleepy, dusty, delta day I was out choppin' cotton And my brother was balin' hay, yeah And at dinner time We stopped and walked back to the house to eat, yeah And mama hollered out the back door "Y'all, remember to wipe them dirty feet!", yeah And then she said "I got some news this mornin'", hmm "From Choctaw Ridge", yeah "This morning Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" Well, papa said to Mama As he pa**ed around them black-eyed peas That's soul food, you know what I'm talkin' about Said "Ol' Billie Joe ain't never had a lick of sense in his life", huh "Woman, pa** me them biscuits, please" Some more soul food Said "'Cause there's five more acres in the lower forty Me and my mule have got to plow", yeah And mama said it was shame about poor Billie Joe Anyhow, yeah-yeah She said "Seem like nothin' ever comes to no good", huh "To nothin' on Choctaw Ridge", no "And now this Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" Oh, my brother recollected, huh When he and Tom and Billie Joe Put a bullfrog down my back At the Carroll County picture show "And wasn't I talkin' to him after church", huh "Just last Sunday night", yeah "I'll have some more of that apple cobbler, mama" "You know it don't seem right", mmm-mmm-mm, huh "Saw him yesterday at the sawmill", huh "Standin' way up on Choctaw Ridge", y'all "And now you tell me Billie's act a fool And jumped the Tallahatchie Bridge" Huh, oh! My mama said "Son", huh "What's happened to your appet**e?" Said "I've been standin' over this hot stove, cookin'", huh "And you haven't touched a single bite", no She said "That fine little daughter of Brother Taylor's Dropped by the house today", yeah "Said she'd be pleased to have dinner with us on Sunday", huh "Oh son, by the way She said she thinks she saw a boy, looks like you", huh "Standin' on Choctaw Ridge", yeah "And he and Billie Joe was throwin' something Off the Tallahatchie Bridge", woo-hoo-hoo, woo Well, the years come and gone Since we heard the news about Billie Joe Brother got married to Becky Thompson And they bought 'em a little old country store down in Tupelo There was a virus goin' around, papa caught it And he died last spring, sorry 'bout that Now mama sits around and doesn't seem To wanna do much of anything, no-no-no, no Me, I've spent a lot of time, huh Eatin' me a cold watermelon on Choctaw Ridge, yeah And I spit the seeds into the muddy water Off the Tallahatchie Bridge Huh, woo! Billie Joe, huh Why did you do that? Huh, Billie Joe, heh Why did you do that? Why did you jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge for? Billie Joe
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