Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe

I was born in Chickasaw County when I was six we moved to another region in Mississippi called the Delta and we live between two rivers one was the a zoo and the other was the Tallahatchie was a third gene another sleepy dusty death day I was out chopping cotton in the brother was baiting hay and it didn't time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat and mama hollered at the back door y'all remembered what you ve and then she said I got some news this morning from Choctaw today Billy Joe McAllister jumped out the Tallahatchie bridge Papa said to mama as he passed around the black-eyed peas Billy Joe never had liquor since past biscuits please there's five more acres in the lower 40 I got glad mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe seems like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw brother said he recollected he tomandcheu from them back at the Calcasieu it wasn't like talking to him after church last Sunday you know it don't seem right I saw him at the sawmill yesterday a bunch octo ring each and now you tell me Billy Chester down the tangi bridge mama send me child what's happened to your attic time well I've been cooking all morning that nice young preacher brother Taylor drop back so Osen oh by the way he said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw she in Billy Joe was throwing something until I read a year is coming gone since we heard the news about Bijou brother married Becky Thompson they bought a stolen two blue there was a virus going around Papa Cody Denny dead last and now mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything and me I spend a lot of time picking flowers a bunch of dog the Tellicherry

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Keywords: Bobby Gentry, Ode to Billy Joe rock blues

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Length: 4min 51sec (291 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 04 2010

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[u/duckdownup]

I've always liked that song. I heard it on the radio all the time back in the day. It's the mystery behind it and the fact that I'm 65 years old and can relate to it because I lived on a Southern dirt farm when I was young.

To this day no one knows what they threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode To Billie Joe” In the 1970s Bobbie Gentry just disappeared from public while she was still pretty popular.

[u/klitmania]

Today Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

[u/doublewhiskeysoda]

The strings on this song are so badass

[u/Chooseauser]

Highly recommended the episode of the Cocaine & Rhinestones Podcast on this song

[u/duckdownup]

From doing a little research on her I found out that she is known as a great business woman. I'd say so, since her net worth is said to be around $100 million. She's been doing something right.