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Version 1 of Bobbie Gentry Lyrics Ode To Billie Joe (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bobbie-gentry/ode/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| 1 | It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty, delta day | It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day | 1 | |||||||||
| I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay | I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay | |||||||||||
| And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat | And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat | |||||||||||
| 2 | And Mama hollered out the back door, "Y'all remember to wipe your feet" | And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet" | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Then she said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge | And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge" | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" | "Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Papa said to Mama as he passed around the black-eyed peas | 'n' Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | "Well, Billie Joe never had a lick o' sense, pass the biscuits, please | "Well Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please" | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 | There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow" | "There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow" | 7 | |||||||||
| 8 | And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe anyhow | 'n' Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow | 8 | |||||||||
| Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge | Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge | |||||||||||
| 9 | And now Billie Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge | And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe | 'n' Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe | 10 | |||||||||
| Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show | Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show | |||||||||||
| 11 | And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night | And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night? | 11 | |||||||||
| 12 | I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know, it don't seem right | "I'll have another piece-a apple pie, you know it don't seem right" | 12 | |||||||||
| 13 | I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge | "I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge" | 13 | |||||||||
| 14 | And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge | "And now ya tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" | 14 | |||||||||
| 15 | Mama said to me, "Child what's happened to your appetite? | 'n' Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?" | 15 | |||||||||
| 16 | I been cookin' all mornin' and you haven't touched single bite | "I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite" | 16 | |||||||||
| 17 | That nice young preacher Brother Taylor dropped by today | "That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today" | 17 | |||||||||
| 18 | Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh by the way | "Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way" | 18 | |||||||||
| 19 | He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge | "He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge" | 19 | |||||||||
| 20 | And she and Billie Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge" | "And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge" | 20 | |||||||||
| 21 | A year has come and gone since I heard the news 'bout Billie Joe | A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe | 21 | |||||||||
| 22 | Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo | 'n' Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo | 22 | |||||||||
| 23 | There was a virus goin' round, papa caught it and he died last spring | There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring | 23 | |||||||||
| 24 | And now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything | And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything | 24 | |||||||||
| 25 | And me I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge | And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge | 25 | |||||||||
| And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge | And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge | |||||||||||
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