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Ballad of Billy Joe

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quizzywig | 18:46 Thu 22nd Apr 2010 | Music
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If any one remembers this song by Bobbie Gentry, can you tell me what she and Billy Joe MacAllister were throwing off the Tallahassee Bridge at the end of the song? It was on the radio today and I just wondered what it could be?
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A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
'n' 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 Bri
Good God, Ena Sharples alive and well!
You'd better believe it mike! 2 milk stouts a day never hurt me
Hi ttfn, are you feeling better? (sorry quizzywig!)
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Thanks for the quick answers but what about this bit in the lyrics

"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

Just what were they chuckin?
Hi boxy - well after 8 days I am fed up with it, so I think it will be off to the docs tomorrow.
Try this out quizzywig http://en.wikipedia.o...e_to_Billy_Joe_(film)
i was always under the impression that it was their illegitimate baby they were throwing off the bridge!
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I reckon arrymong and ELVIS68 are probably right. Thanks for all the replies everyone.

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