Ode to Billie Joe
It was the third of June
Another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton
And my brother was balin' hay
At dinner time we stopped
Walked back to the house to eat
Mama hollered out the back door
"Y'all remember to wipe your feet"
Then she said, "I got some news
This mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"
"Today Billy Joe Mac Allister
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
Papa said to Mama as he passed
Around the black eyed 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"
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 Mac Allister's
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Mama said to me
"Child, what's happened to your appetite?
I've 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 a 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 were throwing
Somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
Well, a year has come 'n' gone
Since we heard the news about Billy Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson
Bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus going 'round
Papa caught it and he died last Spring
Now Mama doesn't seem
To wanna 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 JoeLRC歌词
[00:14.078] It was the third of June
[00:17.683] Another sleepy, dusty Delta day
[00:26.289] I was out choppin' cotton
[00:30.340] And my brother was balin' hay
[00:38.544] At dinner time we stopped
[00:42.657] Walked back to the house to eat
[00:50.657] Mama hollered out the back door
[00:56.255] "Y'all remember to wipe your feet"
[01:04.566] Then she said, "I got some news
[01:06.932] This mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"
[01:14.374] "Today Billy Joe Mac Allister
[01:17.432] Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
[01:28.356] Papa said to Mama as he passed
[01:33.116] Around the black eyed peas
[01:40.342] "Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense
[01:45.256] Pass the biscuits, please"
[01:53.733] "There's five more acres
[01:57.621] In the lower forty I've got to plow"
[02:04.494] Mama said it was shame
[02:08.209] About Billy Joe, anyhow
[02:17.281] Seems like nothin' ever comes
[02:19.908] To no good up on Choctaw Ridge
[02:28.356] And now Billy Joe Mac Allister's
[02:32.981] Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
[02:42.285] Mama said to me
[02:44.285] "Child, what's happened to your appetite?
[02:54.003] I've been cookin' all mornin'
[02:57.745] And you haven't touched a single bite"
[03:06.770] "That nice young preacher
[03:09.247] Brother Taylor, dropped by today
[03:17.498] Said he'd be pleased to have a dinner
[03:20.125] On Sunday, oh, by the way"
[03:30.822] "He said he saw a girl that looked a lot
[03:33.314] Like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
[03:42.007] "And she and Billy Joe were throwing
[03:46.399] Somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
[03:56.287] Well, a year has come 'n' gone
[04:00.373] Since we heard the news about Billy Joe
[04:08.446] Brother married Becky Thompson
[04:12.703] Bought a store in Tupelo
[04:20.818] There was a virus going 'round
[04:25.153] Papa caught it and he died last Spring
[04:32.433] Now Mama doesn't seem
[04:35.312] To wanna do much of anything
[04:43.988] And me, I spend a lot of time
[04:47.742] Pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
[04:55.540] And drop them into the muddy water
[05:16.806] Off the Tallahatchie Bridge
