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Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
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Tara Murtha – Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe" (33 1/3 excerpt)
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An excerpt from Tara Murtha’s book on Bobbie Gentry’s album Ode to Billie Joe, part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
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Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe (Live)
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[Intro] / I was born in Chickasaw County / When I was six we moved to another region in Mississippi called the Delta / And we lived between two rivers / One was the Yazoo, and the
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Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe Samples
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See all of “Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Tammy Wynette – Ode To Billie Joe
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It was the third of June / Another sleepy dusty Delta day / I was out choppin' cotton / And my brother was bailin' hay / And at dinner time we stopped / And walked back to the
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Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe Covers
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King Curtis & The Kingpins – Ode To Billie Joe
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[Instrumental]
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Joe Tex – Ode To Billie Joe
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[Verse 1] / It was the third of June / Another sleepy, dusty, delta day / I was out choppin' cotton / And my brother was balin' hay, yeah / And at dinner time / We stopped and
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Lou Donaldson – Ode To Billie Joe Samples
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Lou Donaldson – Ode To Billie Joe
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The Ventures – Ode to Billie Joe
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Flatt & Scruggs – Ode to Billie Joe
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It was the third of June another sleepy dusty Delta day / I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was bailin' hay / And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to
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Les & Larry Elgart – Ode to Billie Joe
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Liz Anderson – Ode To Billie Joe
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It was the third of June / Another sleepy dusty Delta day / I was out choppin' cotton / And my brother was a bailin' hay / And at dinner time we stopped / And walked back to the
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101 Strings Orchestra – Ode to Billie Joe
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Jill Sobule – Where Is Bobbie Gentry?
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Out in the desert where the sun slowly cures deep brown / She's got a little shack, a pickup truck / Parked out on the edge of town / It's just what I imagined, no one knows where
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Bobbie Gentry – Sunday Best
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[Verse] / When I'm walkin' hand in hand with you / I've got my yellow parasol, rivets colored blue / Shiny patent leather shoes, bran' new / Nothin' but my Sunday best for you / [
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Bobbie Gentry – The Windows of the World
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[Verse 1] / The windows of the world are covered with rain / Where is the sunshine we once knew? / Everybody knows when little children play / They need a sunny day to grow
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Bobbie Gentry – Billy the Kid (Live)
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[Intro] / You know, uh, I wrote a song one time about Billy the Kid / Who lived in the, uh, back in the days of the Wild West / Uh, at that time he was considered quite an
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Bobbie Gentry – Mississippi Delta
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[Chorus] / M, I, double S, I, double S, I, double P, I / M, I, double S, I, double S, I, double P, I / Right in the middle of the Cotton Belt / Down in the Mississippi Delta
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Bobbie Gentry – La Siepe
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E non mi capirai / Mamma, oh mamma / So già che non mi capirai / Ma il mondo non finisce / Là sulla siepe che circonda la nostra casa / E non mi capirai / Mamma, oh mamma / So già
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Bobbie Gentry – Lazy Willie
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[Verse 1] / Get up, Lazy Willie, there's work to be done / Out of 17 kids you're the laziest one / Pigs in the kitchen, and the roosters in the pig sty / And weeds in the garden
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Bobbie Gentry – Bugs
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[Verse 1] / Got a pollywog in your water / A tadpole in the moonshine vat / An' granddaddy-long-leg climbin' on the screen / You better watch, you're gonna squash him flat / [Verse
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Bobbie Gentry – Hushabye Mountain
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[Veres 1] / A gentle breeze from Hushabye Mountain / Softly blows o'er Lullaby Bay / It fills the sails of boats that are waiting / Waiting to sail your worries away / [Verse 2
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Bobbie Gentry – Hurry, Tuesday Child
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[Verse 1] / Hurry, Tuesday child / It's time to be a-goin' / Your good news day child / Has come at last / Hold your chance in your dusty hand / One-way ticket to a promised land
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