Ode To Billie Joe Lyrics - Tammy Wynette

It was the third of June another sleepy dusty Delta day 

I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was bailin' hay 

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

And mama hollered at the backdoor why'all remember to wipe your feet 

And then she said I got the news this mornin' from Choctaw Wridge 

Today Billie Joe Macallister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge 

Papa said to mama as he passed around the black eyed peas 

Well Billie Joe never had a lick of sense pass the biscuits please 

There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow 

And mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe anyhow 

Seems like nothing ever comes to no good upon Choctaw Wridge 

And now Billie Joe Macallister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge 

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 of apple pie you know it don't seem right 

I saw him at the sawmill yesterday upon Choctaw Wridge 

And now you tell me Billie Joe has jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge 

Mama said to me child what's happened to your apetite 

Well I've been cookin' all mornin' and you haven't touched a single bite 

That nice young preacher brother Tailor 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 upon Choctaw Wridge 

She and Billie Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge 

One year has come and gone since we heard the news about Billie Joe 

Brother married Becky Thompson and they bought a store in Tupelo 

There was virus goin' 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 spent a lot of time pickin' flowers upon Chotaw Wridge 

And dropped 'em into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge 

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