Karaoke Track: Ode To Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry (Pocket Songs) - Karaoke Nerds

Ode To Billy Joe

Words ck Music by Bobble Gcntry

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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

Y'all remember,
To wipe,

Your feet

And then she said,
I got some news,
This mornin' from,

Choctaw Ridge,

Today,
Billy Joe Mcallister,

Jumped off the
Tallahatchee Bridge

As he passed
Around the

Black-eyed peas

Well, Billy Joe,
Never had a,

Lick-a sense,

'There's five more,
Acres in the,

Lower forty,
I've got to plow'1

And Mama said,
It was a shame,

About Billy Joe,
Anyhow,

Seems like nothin',
Ever comes to,

No good up on,
Choctaw Ridge,

And now,
Billy Joe Mcallister's,

Jumped off the,
Tallahatchee Bridge

And brother said
He recollected

When he and Tom
And Billy Joe

And wasn't I
Talkin' to him

After church last
Sunday night

I saw him at the
Sawmill yesterday

On Choctaw Ridge

And now you
Tell me Billy Joe's

Jumped off the
Tallahatchee Bridge

And mama said
To me, Child,

What's happened,
To your appetite?

That nice,
Young preacher,

Brother Taylor,
Dropped by today,

Oh, by the way,
He said he saw,

A girl,

Up on,
Choctaw Ridge,

And she and,
Billy Joe,

Was throwin',
Something off the,

Tallahatchee Bridge

Since we heard
The news 'bout

Billy Joe

And brother
Married

Becky Thompson

They bought a
Store in Tupelo

There was a
Virus goin' 'round

Papa caught it
And he died last

Spring

And now Mama
Doesn't seem to

Want to do much
Of anything

Pickin'

Flowers up on

Choctaw Ridge

And drop 'em into
The muddy water
Off the

Tallahatchee Bridge..

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Title: Ode To Billy Joe
Artist: Bobbie Gentry
Brand: Pocket Songs
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Codes: PS1154-04 PSCDG1154-04 SDK9062-04 SDK9062-12
Genres: brill building pop, classic uk pop, country rock, folk rock, singer-songwriter