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  To Billy Joe
 
 It was the third  June, another sleepy dusty Delta day.
 I was out  cotton and my brother was balin' hay.
 And at dinner time,  stopped and walked back to the house to eat
 And mama hollered at the back door "Y'all remember to wipe  feet".
 And then she said "I  some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
 Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie 
 
 Papa  to mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas
 "Well Billie Joe never had a lick of  pass the biscuits please.
 There are five more acres in  lower forty I've got to plow"
 And mama  it was a shame about Billie Joe anyhow.
 "Seems like nothin' ever comes up to no good on Choctaw 
 And now Billie  McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge".
 
 Brother said he recollected  he and Tom and Billie Joe
 Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County Picture 
  wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night ?
  have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right.
 I saw him at the sawmill yesterday  Choctaw Ridge
 And now  tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge".
 
 Mama said to me "Child, what's  to your appetite ?
 I've been cooking all morning and you haven't touched a single 
 That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped  today
 Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday.  by the way
 He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like  up on Choctaw Ridge
 And she and Billie  were throwin' somethin' off the Tallatchie Bridge".
 
 A year has come and gone since we heard  news 'bout Billie Joe.
 Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a  in Tupelo.
 There was a virus goin' round, papa caught it and  died last spring
 And now, mama doesn't seem to  do much of anything.
 And me, I spent a lot of  pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
 And drop them into the muddy water  the Tallahatchie Bridge.