Ode To Billie Joe is one of the most popular songs of the time. Ode To Billie Joe lyrics written by Bobbie Gentry. This song has sung by Bobbie Gentry
| Singer | Bobbie Gentry |
| Album | Ode to Billie Joe |
| Released | 1967 |
| Tuning | E A D G B E |
Ode To Billie Joe Lyrics
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
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 mama hollered out the back door, y’all, remember to wipe your feet
And then she said, I got some news this mornin’ from Choctaw Ridge
Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas
Well, Billy 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 shame about Billy Joe, anyhow
Seems like nothin’ ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billy Joe MacAllister’s jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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And 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-a apple pie; you know, it don’t seem right
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
And now ya tell me Billie Joe’s jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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And mama said to me, child, what’s happened to your appetite?
I’ve been cookin’ all morning, 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 Billy Joe was throwing somethin’ off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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A year has come and gone since we heard the news ’bout Billy Joe
And brother married Becky Thompson; they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus going ’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 Tallahatchie Bridge
Ode to Billie Joe
It was the third of June, another sleepy,
dusty, Delta day
I was out chopping cotton, and my
brother was bailing hay,
And at dinner time we stopped and walked
back to the house to eat.
And Momma hollered out the back door
“Y’all re – member …to wipe your feet!”
And then she said, I got some news this
mornin …from Choctaw Ridge
Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off
the Tallahatchie Bridge.
And Poppa said to Momma as he passed
around the blackeyed peas
Well Billie Joe never had
a lick of sense pass the biscuits
please
“There’s five more acres in the lower forty
…I got to plow.
And Momma said it was shame …a – bout
Billie Joe any – how,
Seems like nothing ever comes to no good up
on Choctaw Ridge.
And now Billie Joe McAllister jumped off
The Tallahatchie Bridge.
And 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 a-nother piece of apple pie
You know, it don’t seem right.
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday up on
Choctaw Ridge.
And now you tell me Billie Joe’s jumped off
the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Momma said to me “Child” what’s happened
To your appe – tite
Why, I’ve been cookin’ all morning, 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 throwing
Something off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
A year has come and gone since we heard the
News bout Billie Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson they
Bought a store in Tupe-lo,
There was a virus going round Poppa caught
it and he died last Spring. And now Momma
doesn’t seem to wanna do much…of
any -thing
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin
flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
And drop them into the muddy water off the
Tallahatchie Bridge.
