Ode to Billy Joe
Patty Smyth"Ode to Billy Joe" is a song by Patty Smyth, released in 1999 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:32 long and contains 48 lines and 325 words.
Lyrics
0:19It was the third of June another sleepy dusty Delta day
0:28I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay
0:38And at dinner time we stopped and walked back
0:41To the house to eat
0:47And mama hollered out the back door y'all
0:50Remember to wipe your feet
0:57And then she said I got some news
0:59This mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
1:06Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the
1:10Tallahatchie Bridge
1:16Papa said to mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas
1:25Well Billy Joe never had a lick of sense
1:29Pass the biscuits please
1:35There's five more acres in the lower forty
1:38I've got to plow
1:44And mama said it was shame about Billy Joe anyhow
1:53Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
2:03And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
2:51I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
3:00And now ya tell me Billie Joe's
3:02Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
3:10Mama said to me child what's happened to your appetite
3:19Well I've been cookin' all morning
3:21And you haven't touched a single bite
3:29That nice young preacher
3:31Brother Taylor dropped by today
3:38And he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday
3:42Oh by the way
3:48He said he saw a girl that looked
3:50A lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge
3:57And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge
4:12Year has come and gone since we heard
4:14The news 'bout Billy Joe
4:21And brother married Becky Thompson they bought a store in Tupelo
4:30There was a virus going 'round papa caught it
4:34And he died last spring
4:39And now mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything
4:50And me I spend a lot of time
4:52Pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
4:58And drop them into the muddy
5:01Water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
5:07Yeah
5:08And drop them into the muddy
5:10Water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
5:18Yeah
5:23Yeah
5:27Yeah
5:32Yeah
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 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 I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge And now ya tell me Billie Joe's Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge Mama said to me child what's happened to your appetite Well I've been cookin' all morning And you haven't touched a single bite That nice young preacher Brother Taylor dropped by today And 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 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 Yeah And drop them into the muddy Water off the Tallahatchie Bridge Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
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