Bobbie Gentry, 1967: Ode to Billie Joe - Original Capitol 45 rpm Disc

Digitized from the 45 rpm disc shown in the video above. Lyrics It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat And Mama hollered out 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 MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed 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 shame about Billie Joe, anyhow Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge And now Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge And 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 Tallahatchie Bridge" And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?" "I've been cookin' all morning 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 throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge" A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna 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 Tallahatchie Bridge Bobbie Gentry (* 27. Juli 1944 als Roberta Streeter im Chickasaw County, Mississippi) ist eine US-amerikanische Country-Sängerin, die 1967 durch den Hit Ode To Billie Joe bekannt wurde. Роберта Ли Стритер (англ. Roberta Lee Streeter, род. 27 июля 1944 года), известная под сценическим псевдонимом Бобби Джентри (англ. Bobbie Gentry) — американская поп-певица, одна из первых женщин на кантри-сцене, начавших исполнять собственный песенный материал. Bobbie Gentry (née Roberta Lee Streeter à Chickasaw County, Mississippi, le 27 juillet 1944) est une chanteuse et parolière américaine. Elle sortit un tube mondial à l'été 1967 avec Ode to Billie Joe. Cette chanson fut listée comme la chanson la plus populaire de l'année. Elle a reçu le Grammy Award du meilleur nouvel artiste en 1968. Bobbie Gentry, właśc. Roberta Lee Streeter (ur. 27 lipca 1944 w hrabstwie Chickasaw) -- amerykańska piosenkarka i autorka tekstów. Gentry była jedną z pierwszych kobiet grających napisane przez siebie utwory country. Swoim pierwszym albumem "Ode to Billie Joe" wygrała nagrodę Grammy w kategoriach: Best New Artist i Best Female Pop Vocal (Najlepsza nowa artystka, najlepszy kobiecy wokal) w 1968. "Ode to Billie Joe" była czwartą najbardziej popularną piosenką w USA w 1967. Piosenkarka straciła swoją popularność w latach 70. i zakończyła karierę artystyczną. Roberta Lee Streeter (Condado de Chickasaw, 27 de Julho de 1944), profissionalmente conhecida por Bobbie Gentry, é uma ex-cantora e compositora norte-americana que ganhou notabilidade por ser uma das primeiras artistas do sexo feminino de country music a compôr, produzir e publicar o seu próprio material. Roberta Lee Streeter eli Bobbie Gentry (s. 27. heinäkuuta 1944) on yhdysvaltalainen laulaja-lauluntekijä. Gentry nousi kansainväliseen maineeseen kesällä 1967 singlellään "Ode to Billie Joe". Hän voitti jopa Grammy-palkinnon "parhaasta naislaulajan esityksestä". Gentry esiintyi jouluyönä 1978 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ja on sen jälkeen pysytellyt poissa julkisuudesta. Hänellä on portugalilaisia sukujuuria. Bobbie Gentry, nome d'arte di Roberta Lee Streeter (contea di Chickasaw, 27 luglio 1944), è una cantante statunitense di origini portoghesi. "David Hertzberg"