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Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
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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 Covers
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See all of “Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry’s covers
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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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The Supremes – 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 balin' hay / And at dinner time we stopped and we walked back to the house
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Lou Donaldson – 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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Sinéad O'Connor – Ode To Billy Joe
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This song was written and originally sang by Bobby Gentry / It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day / I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was baling hay
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Les & Larry Elgart – Ode to Billie Joe
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[Instrumental]
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Billie Jo Spears – 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 / At dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
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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 – 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 – 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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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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Phranc – Ode to Billy 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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Bobbie Gentry – Chickasaw County Child
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[Verse 1] / Just outside of Delta country / Where the bitter weeds growin' wild / Born seven miles outside o' Woodland / Was a Chicasaw County child / [Verse 2] / An' Poppa done
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Bobbie Gentry – I Saw an Angel Die
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[Verse 1] / You / You / Came into my life / It was sunshine everywhere / You were outta sight / Just standin', shinin' there / Shinin' there / Shinin' there / [Verse 2] / All my
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Bobbie Gentry – Feelin' Good (Demo)
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[Intro] / One, two / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1] / Birds flying high, you know how I feel / Sun in the sky, you know how I feel / Breeze driftin' by, you know how I feel / [
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Bobbie Gentry – Niki Hoeky
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[Intro] / Down in Louisiana / Down in Cajun land / Folks got somethin' goin' / Goes somethin' like / [Verse 1] / Folks, come and gitcha tootsie / I wants to t'tie ya puppe'tame
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Bobbie Gentry – Show Off
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[Verse 1] / You know you got me where you want me / And you can treat me any old way / I know you treat me mean just to taunt me / But I'll do anything you say / [Verse 2] / I'll
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Bobbie Gentry – Smoke
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[Verse 1] / Tell me how I love you / Tell me 'til it's all away / Talkin' 'til your tiny troubles vanish / Yes, I love you, we can wait until the gremlins / Float themselves away
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Bobbie Gentry – Apartment 21
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[Verse 1] / Rain on my Sunday shoes / Pick up the daily news / Looks like tomorrow’s blues / But it’s better than none / [Verse 2] / And call on the telephone / Knowin' that he's
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Bobbie Gentry – Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town with You
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[Chorus] / Papa, won't you let me go to town with you? / Papa, I'm feelin' so down and blue / You just gotta come around, please do / Papa, won't you let me go to town with you
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Bobbie Gentry – Chickasaw County Child (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Just outside of Delta country / Where the bitter weeds growin' wild / Born seven miles outside o' Woodland / Was a Chickasaw County child / Chickasaw, Chickasaw / [
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