[00:00.000] 作曲 : Patricia Barber[00:14.078] It was the third of June[00:17.683] Another sleepy, dusty Delta day[00:26.289] I was out choppin' cotton[00:30.340] And my brother was balin' hay[00:38.544] At dinner time we stopped[00:42.657] Walked back to the house to eat[00:50.657] Mama hollered out the back door[00:56.255] "Y'all remember to wipe your feet"[01:04.566] Then she said, "I got some news[01:06.932] This mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"[01:14.374] "Today Billy Joe Mac Allister[01:17.432] Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"[01:28.356] Papa said to Mama as he passed[01:33.116] Around the black eyed peas[01:40.342] "Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense[01:45.256] Pass the biscuits, please"[01:53.733] "There's five more acres[01:57.621] In the lower forty I've got to plow"[02:04.494] Mama said it was shame[02:08.209] About Billy Joe, anyhow[02:17.281] Seems like nothin' ever comes[02:19.908] To no good up on Choctaw Ridge[02:28.356] And now Billy Joe Mac Allister's[02:32.981] Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge[02:42.285] Mama said to me[02:44.285] "Child, what's happened to your appetite?[02:54.003] I've been cookin' all mornin'[02:57.745] And you haven't touched a single bite"[03:06.770] "That nice young preacher[03:09.247] Brother Taylor, dropped by today[03:17.498] Said he'd be pleased to have a dinner[03:20.125] On Sunday, oh, by the way"[03:30.822] "He said he saw a girl that looked a lot[03:33.314] Like you up on Choctaw Ridge"[03:42.007] "And she and Billy Joe were throwing[03:46.399] Somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"[03:56.287] Well, a year has come 'n' gone[04:00.373] Since we heard the news about Billy Joe[04:08.446] Brother married Becky Thompson[04:12.703] Bought a store in Tupelo[04:20.818] There was a virus going 'round[04:25.153] Papa caught it and he died last Spring[04:32.433] Now Mama doesn't seem[04:35.312] To wanna do much of anything[04:43.988] And me, I spend a lot of time[04:47.742] Pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge[04:55.540] And drop them into the muddy water[05:16.806] Off the Tallahatchie Bridge