Ode to Billie Joe-Hit Co. Masters

[ti:Ode to Bilie Joe] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:#1 Party Hits of the 60's] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ode to Billie Joe - Hit Co. Masters [00:12.85]It was the third of June [00:14.93]Another sleepy dusty Delta day [00:19.62] [00:21.18]I was out choppin' cotton [00:23.12]And my brother was balin' hay [00:27.35] [00:29.35]And at dinner time we stopped and [00:31.29]Walked back to the house to eat [00:35.42] [00:37.18]And mama hollered out the back door [00:39.38]Y'all remember to wipe your feet [00:43.24] [00:45.16]And then she said [00:46.16]I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge [00:52.11] [00:53.47]Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off [00:56.46]The Tallahatchie Bridge [01:00.04] [01:02.07]And papa said to mama [01:03.77]As he passed around the blackeyed peas [01:08.25] [01:09.66]Well Billy Joe never had a lick of sense [01:12.64] [01:13.28]Pass the biscuits please [01:16.39] [01:18.39]There's five more acres in the lower forty [01:21.42]I've got to plow [01:24.42] [01:25.97]And mama said it was shame about Billy Joe [01:30.00]Anyhow [01:32.45] [01:34.23]Seems like nothin' ever comes [01:36.07]To no good up on Choctaw Ridge [01:41.06] [01:42.35]And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off [01:45.28]The Tallahatchie Bridge [01:49.07] [01:51.02]And brother said he recollected when he [01:53.42]And Tom and Billie Joe [01:56.83] [01:58.59]Put a frog down my back at the [02:01.25]Carroll County picture show [02:04.12] [02:06.73]And wasn't I talkin' to him after [02:09.38]Church last Sunday night [02:13.41] [02:14.86]I'll have another piece-a apple pie [02:17.54] [02:18.30]You know it don't seem right [02:21.12] [02:23.46]I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge [02:29.77] [02:31.13]And now ya tell me Billie Joe's jumped off [02:34.26]The Tallahatchie Bridge [02:37.76] [02:39.69]And mama said to me Child [02:41.79]What's happened to your appetite [02:45.67] [02:47.50]I've been cookin' all morning [02:49.61]And you haven't touched a single bite [02:53.23] [02:56.02]That nice young preacher Brother Taylor [02:58.68]Dropped by today [03:02.02] [03:03.70]Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday [03:07.33]Oh by the way [03:10.29] [03:12.30]He said he saw a girl that looked a lot [03:14.53]Like you up on Choctaw Ridge [03:18.62] [03:19.85]And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' [03:22.70]Off the Tallahatchie Bridge [03:26.60] [03:28.75]A year has come and gone since we heard [03:31.09]The news 'bout Billy Joe [03:34.47] [03:36.89]And brother married Becky Thompson [03:38.81]They bought a store in Tupelo [03:42.52] [03:44.26]There was a virus going 'round papa caught it [03:47.64]And he died last spring [03:51.05] [03:52.68]And now mama doesn't seem to want [03:55.02]To do much of anything [03:58.94] [04:01.21]And me I spend a lot of time pickin' [04:03.34]Flowers up on Choctaw Ridge [04:07.59] [04:08.91]And drop them into the muddy water off [04:11.80]The Tallahatchie Bridge