Song | Ode to Billie Joe (live) |
Artist | Buddy Rich |
Album | Mercy, Mercy [live] |
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作词 : Gentry | |
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 of apple pie, you know it don't seem right" | |
"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge" | |
"And now you 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 'n' 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 wanna 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 |
zuo ci : Gentry | |
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 of apple pie, you know it don' t seem right" | |
" I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge" | |
" And now you 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 ' n' 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 wanna 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 |
zuò cí : Gentry | |
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 of apple pie, you know it don' t seem right" | |
" I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge" | |
" And now you 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 ' n' 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 wanna 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 |