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It was the 3rd of June,
another sleepy, dusty, delta day
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I was out chopping cotton,
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and my brother was building hay,
oh yes he was,
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and at dinner time we stopped and walked
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back to the house to eat,
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and mama hollered out the back door
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Y 'all remember, Wipe Your Feet.
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And then she said,
I heard the news today from
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Choctaw Ridge.
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They tell me Billy Joe McGaster
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jumped off the Tallahatchie
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Papa said to mama
as he passed around
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the black eyed peas
You know that Billy Joe
never had a liquor
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since I got five more acres
In the lower forty I got to plow
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And Mama said, you know
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It was a shame about
Billy Joe anyhow
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Seems like nothin'
ever comes of any good
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up on Choctaw Ridge
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An d now Billy Joe McAllister
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jumped off the Tallahatchie
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Brother said, you know
I recollect when me and
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Tom and Billy Joe
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put a frog down your back
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at the Carroll County Picture Show
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Say, weren't you talkin' to him at the
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church last Sunday night?
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Say, I have another piece of tea to buy.
You know it don't seem right.
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You know I saw him at
the sawmill yesterday
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Way up on Chateau Ridge
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An d now you tell me Billy Joe's
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Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Mama said to me, child,
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what's happened to your appetite?
Well, I've been cooking all morning,
you ain't touched a single bite
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You know that nice young preacher,
Brother Taylor,
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stopped by today, and he said,
I'd be pleased to have been on Sunday, or by the way.
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I saw a girl that looked a lot like yours,
up on Shoptown Breeze
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And she and Billy Joe were throwing something
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off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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Have mercy.
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Well the year has come and gone
Since we heard the news
About Billy Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson
And they bought a store in Tupelo
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There was a virus going around,
Papa caught it,
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and he died last spring, and now Mama
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But doesn't feel like doing much,
much anyway
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And me, well I spend a lot of
time picking flowers
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Up on Choctaw Ridge
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And drop them
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into the muddy water
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Off the
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Tallahatchie Bridge
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And drop them into the muddy water
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Off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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