A year has come and gone since we heard the news about 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 picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
(Bobbie Gentry, Ode to Billie Joe, 1967)
One more place I,d like to be
ResponderEliminarOne more place I,d love to see
To watch those old Blue Ridge Mountains climb
As I ride ol, Number Nine
When I die please bury me deep
Down at the end of Bleecker Street
So I can hear ol, Number Nine
As she goes rollin, by
Lou:
ResponderEliminarPlease don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone.
Country genuino ¡viva el country!
ResponderEliminarPero que triste historia la de esta canción.
Abrazos.
Cristal:
ResponderEliminarAsí es. Bobbie Gentry dio con el tono exacto en esta canción. Pero fue una one-hit wonder, nunca pudo repetir el éxito de Billie Joe.