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Version 4 of Bobbie Gentry Lyrics Ode To Billie Joe (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bobbie-gentry/ode/v4.html) Version 4 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{1} day. | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay | I was out choppin' cotton an' my brother was balin' hay. | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat | An' at dinner time we stopped an' walked back to the house to eat. | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | And Mama hollered out the back door, "Y'all remember to wipe your feet" | An' mama hollered at the back door, "Y'all remember to wipe your feet." | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Then she said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge | An' then she said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge{2}. | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" | Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge{3}." | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 | Papa said to Mama as he passed around the black-eyed peas | An' papa said to mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas, | 7 | |||||||||
| 8 | "Well, Billie Joe never had a lick o' sense, pass the biscuits, please | "Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense. Pass the biscuits, please. | 8 | |||||||||
| 9 | There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow" | There's five more acres in the lower forty{4} I've got to plow." | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe anyhow | An' Mama said, "It was shame about Billie Joe, anyhow. | 10 | |||||||||
| 11 | Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge | Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge, | 11 | |||||||||
| 12 | And now Billie Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge | An' now Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge." | 12 | |||||||||
| 13 | Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe | An' brother said he recollected when he an' Tom an' Billie Joe, | 13 | |||||||||
| 14 | Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show | Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County{5} pi'ture show. | 14 | |||||||||
| 15 | And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night | An' wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night? | 15 | |||||||||
| 16 | I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know, it don't seem right | "I'll have another piece o'apple pie. You know it don't seem right, | 16 | |||||||||
| 17 | I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge | I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge, | 17 | |||||||||
| 18 | And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge | An' now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge." | 18 | |||||||||
| 19 | Mama said to me, "Child what's happened to your appetite? | An' Mama said to me, "Chil', what's happened to your appetite? | 19 | |||||||||
| 20 | I been cookin' all mornin' and you haven't touched single bite | I've been cookin' all mornin' an' you haven't touched a single bite. | 20 | |||||||||
| 21 | That nice young preacher Brother Taylor dropped by today | That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today. | 21 | |||||||||
| 22 | 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, | 22 | |||||||||
| 23 | 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, | 23 | |||||||||
| 24 | And she and Billie Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge" | An' she an' Billie Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge."{6} | 24 | |||||||||
| 25 | A year has come and gone since I heard the news 'bout Billie Joe | A year has come an' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe. | 25 | |||||||||
| 26 | Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo | Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo{7}. | 26 | |||||||||
| 27 | There was a virus goin' round, papa caught it and he died last spring | There was a virus goin' 'round, papa caught it an' he died last spring. | 27 | |||||||||
| 28 | And now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything | An' now mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything. | 28 | |||||||||
| 29 | And me I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge | An' me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge, | 29 | |||||||||
| 30 | And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge | An' drop them into the muddy water, off the Tallahatchie Bridge. | 30 | |||||||||
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