IT WAS
THE THIRD OF JUNE
ANOTHER
SLEEPY DUSTY
DELTA DAY
I WAS OUT
CHOPPIN' COTTON
AND MY BROTHER
WAS BAILIN' HAY
AND AT DINNERTIME
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 McALLISTER
JUMPED OFF
THE TALLAHATCHEE
BRIDGE
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 McALLISTER'S
JUMPED OFF
THE TALLAHATCHEE
BRIDGE
BROTHER SAID
HE RECOLLECTED
WHEN HE AND TOM
AND BILLIE JOE
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 TALLAHATCHEE
BRIDGE
MAMA SAID TO ME
CHILD
WHAT'S HAPPENED
TO YOUR APPETITE
I 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 TALLAHATCHEE
BRIDGE
A YEAR HAS
COME AND GONE
SINCE
WE HEARD THE NEWS
'BOUT BILLIE JOE
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 ANYTHING
AND ME
I SPEND
A LOT OF TIME
PICKIN' FLOWERS
UP ON
CHOCTAW RIDGE
AND DROP THEM
INTO
THE MUDDY WATER
OFF
THE TALLAHATCHEE
BRIDGE