Bobbie Gentrey Ode To Billie Joe Lyrics

Ode To Billie Joe Lyrics

It was the third of June

 Another sleepy, dusty

 I was out chopping cotton

 And my brother was bailing hay

 And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat

 And Mama hollered at the back door

 "Y'all remember to wipe your feet"

 Then she said

 "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge

 Today Billy Joe McAllister

 Jumped off the Talahachee Bridge"