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Clips from Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe

Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day

"Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day"

Bobbie Gentry

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

"Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge"

Bobbie Gentry

A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe

"A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe"

Bobbie Gentry

There was a virus goin' 'round, Papa caught it and he died last spring

"There was a virus goin' 'round, Papa caught it and he died last spring"

Bobbie Gentry

And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

"And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

Bobbie Gentry

And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas

"And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas"

Bobbie Gentry

And Mama said it was shame about Billie Joe, anyhow

"And Mama said it was shame about Billie Joe, anyhow"

Bobbie Gentry

And now Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

"And now Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

Bobbie Gentry

And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe

"And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe"

Bobbie Gentry

Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show

"Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show"

Bobbie Gentry

I've been cookin' all mornin' and you haven't touched a single bite

"I've been cookin' all mornin' and you haven't touched a single bite"

Bobbie Gentry

And she and Billie Joe was throwing

"And she and Billie Joe was throwing"

Bobbie Gentry

Somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

"Somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge""

Bobbie Gentry

'N' Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo

"'N' Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo"

Bobbie Gentry

I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay

"I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay"

Bobbie Gentry

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""

Bobbie Gentry

And 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"

Bobbie Gentry

There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow"

"There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow""

Bobbie Gentry

"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right

""I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right"

Bobbie Gentry

That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today

"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"

Bobbie Gentry

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"

Bobbie Gentry

And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?

"And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?"

Bobbie Gentry

And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge

"And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge"

Bobbie Gentry

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"

Bobbie Gentry

Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?

"Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"

Bobbie Gentry

And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

"And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge""

Bobbie Gentry

"Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please

""Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"

Bobbie Gentry

I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge

"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"

Bobbie Gentry

And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anythin'

"And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anythin'"

Bobbie Gentry

Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

"Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge""

Bobbie Gentry

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"

Bobbie Gentry