FilesTube  Groups  Video  Games  Lyrics  Software  More
Help | You are not logged in Log in | Sign up

Browse by band : 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Lyrics » Letter : B » Artist : Bobbie Gentry » Ode to Billie Joe Lyrics

Lyrics options

Rate it :
0 votes

Views : 44
Add to favourites

Listen this artist songs

Search for Ode to Billie Joe in on FilesTube

Watch this artist video

Search for Ode to Billie Joe on FilesTube Video

Other lyrics by this artist

See all

Similar lyrics

Text for international users

Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentryالقصائد الغناءيه -текстове на песни -texty -paroles -στίχοι -गीतletras -songteksten -тексты песен -versuri -tekst utworu -testi -the text of the song - - نص الاغنيةтекста на песента -tekst pjesme -text písně -teksten til sangen -teksti, laulu -le texte de la chanson -το κείμενο του τραγουδιού -पाठ के गीतEl texto de la canción -de tekst van het lied -der Text des Liedes -teksten til sangen -o texto da canção -Текст песни -textul de la piesa -Texten till låten -il testo della canzone

Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

     

Translate lyrics into:
English | Polish | Spanish | French | Russian | Italian | German


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."

And 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

And brother said he recollected when he, and Tom, and Billie Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?
"I'll have another piece-a apple pie; you know, it don't seem right
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
And now ya tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge."

And mama said to me, "Child, what's happened to your appetite?
I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite
That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today
Said 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."

A 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

Writer : BOBBIE GENTRY
Copyright : Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

These lyrics are not available for printing.


 My favourite lyrics

Log in here to see your favourites list.

Bookmark us

Great lyrics sites:



chad 15s ago devil on my shoulder 59s ago gabay 1m 37s ago get up to get down 1m 43s ago happy once more 22s ago hello operator 1m 44s ago hotel california 29s ago i'm staring window couple 1m 44s ago it took a long time 35s ago let it rain 1m 5s ago love song for a savior 58s ago mind control 1m 16s ago nobody gives a damn 1m 49s ago roll the dice 37s ago she has a beat 15s ago she has a beat she knows... 1m 23s ago shes got a beat 41s ago slide down my rain barrel 2s ago sometimes i hurt 25s ago stupid "be my baby" love 5s ago the world is turning 1m 11s ago when in doubt 1m 26s ago when the weather is fine 38s ago where did you go 1m 35s ago window couple da da 1m 30s ago