Ode To Billie Joe Joe Tex

[Verse 1]
It was the third of June
Another sleepy, dusty, delta day
I was out choppin' cotton
And my brother was balin' hay, yeah
And at dinner time
We stopped and walked back to the house to eat, yeah
And mama hollered out the back door
"Y'all, remember to wipe them dirty feet!", yeah
And then she said "I got some news this mornin'", hmm
"From Choctaw Ridge", yeah
"This morning Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

[Verse 2]
Well, papa said to Mama
As he passed around them black-eyed peas
That's soul food, you know what I'm talkin' about
Said "Ol' Billie Joe ain't never had a lick of sense in his life", huh
"Woman, pass me them biscuits, please"
Some more soul food
Said "'Cause there's five more acres in the lower forty
Me and my mule have got to plow", yeah
And mama said it was shame about poor Billie Joe
Anyhow, yeah-yeah
She said "Seem like nothin' ever comes to no good", huh
"To nothin' on Choctaw Ridge", no
"And now this Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"