"An Ode to Sloppy Joe"

[Mark A Mandel]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Laurence Horn wrote:

#As I recall, the narrator was seen throwing a mysterious package into
#the river the day Bobby Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahachee
#bridge.

B<ill>y Joe. The song is by Bobby Gentry, "Ode To Billy Joe". See
http://www.swopnet.com/music/ode_to_bj.html

Verse 1 ends:
 Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Verse 5 ends:
 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

-- Mark A. Mandel