Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: 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 AT THE BACK DOOR Y’ALL, REMEMBER TO WIPE YOUR FEET AND THEN SHE SAID I GOT SOME NEWS THIS MORNIN’ FROM CHOCTAW RIDGE TODAY, BILLIE JOE MACALLISTER JUMPED OFF THE TALLAHATCHIE BRIDGE AND 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’VE GOT TO PLOW AND MAMA SAID, IT WAS A SHAME ABOUT BILLIE JOE ANYHOW SEEMS LIKE NOTHIN’ EVER COMES TO NO GOOD UP ON CHOCTAW RIDGE AND NOW BILLIE JOE MACALLISTER’S JUMPED OFF THE TALLAHATCHIE BRIDGE AND BROTHER SAID HE RECOLLECTED WHEN HE AND TOM AND BILLIE JOE DONE 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 OH, I’VE BEEN COOKIN’ ALL MORNIN’ 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 BILLIE JOE WAS THROWIN’ SOMETHIN’ OFF THE TALLAHATCHIE BRIDGE A YEAR HAS COME AND GONE SINCE WE HEARD THE NEWS ’BOUT BILLIE JOE AND BROTHER MARRIED BECKY THOMPSON THEY BOUGHT A STORE IN TUPELO THERE WAS A VIRUS GOIN’ ’ROUND PAPA CAUGHT IT AND HE DIED LAST SPRING AND NOW MAMA DOESN’T SEEM TO WANT TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHIN’ 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