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Also known as: Roberta Lee Streeter. Submitted by: oldcountry
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
"Ode to Billie Joe" | "Ode" is never mentioned in the lyrics. The line most people remember is "Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" - Bob Borst |
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
"Owed To Billie Joe" | "Ode To Billie Joe" | Regina Haniger |
"Ode To Billy Joel" | "Ode To Billy Joe" | Paul Warren |
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name |
"Where's The Party?," Madonna | "Apartment 21," Bobbie Gentry |
"Movies," Alien Ant Farm | "Ode To Billy Joe," Bobbie Gentry |
"Walking Through The Country," The Grass Roots | "Sweet Country," Bobbie Gentry |
"If You Leave Me Now," Chicago | "I'll Never Fall In Love Again," Bobbie Gentry |
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
"Ode to Billy Joe" | "Ode to Shirley June" | Lionel Mertens |
"Ode To Billie Joe" | "Ode To Democracy" | aRot |
"Ode to Billie Joe" | "Ode to Bridget Ann" | Jeff in Richmond VA |
"Ode to Billy Joe" | "Modes I Shrilly Blow" | John A. Barry |
"Ode To Billy Joe" | "Owed By Billy Joe (Twenty Years Later)" | Airfarcewon |
"Ode to Billie Joe" | "Ode to Billie Joe (Armstrong)" | Chris864 |
"Ode to Billie Joe" | "Ode to V.P. Joe" | TooMuchTime |
"Ode To Billy Joe" | "Ode To Mary Jo (Kopechne)" | Fiddlegirl and Tommy Turtle |
"Ode to Billie Joe" | "Eau de Bilge Below" | John A. Barry |
"Ode To Billy Joe" | "Ode To Judge Greer And Jebya" | Michael McVey |
There are additional song parodies available. |
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
Ode to Billie Joe | Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center | Bob |
Ode To Billy Joe | Suicide Prevention Line | David |
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
Geode Grand Duchy | Ode To Billy Joe Bobbie Gentry | Geode To Billy Joe | Carolyn Morgenstern |
Ode To Joy Beethoven | Ode to Billy Joe Bobbie Gentry | Ode to Billy Joy | FussBudgetVanPelt |
"Ode to Billie Joe"
Misheard Lyrics: I was out choco-chocolate
Original Lyrics: I was out choppin' cotton
| "Ode to Billie Joe"
Misheard Lyrics: And throwin' men into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge...
Original Lyrics: And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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"Fancy"
Misheard Lyrics: Here's your one chance, pappy, don't let me down
Original Lyrics: Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
| "Ode to Billie Joe"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the hog jowls, please
Original Lyrics: Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please
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There are additional misheard lyrics available. |
"Ode to Billie Joe"
Misheard Lyrics: And throwin' men into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge...
Original Lyrics: And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Ken Harris The whole story is dark with overtones of foul play or suicide, but all seems unclear. Listening to the end of the song on old 45 records sounded like she was offering a journal comment of her involvement in Billie Joe's demise. The family would play the end over and over to hear if she was throwing flowers ('them') or people ('men') off the bridge! |
There are additional misheard stories available. |
"Mississippi Delta"
The Lyrics: Down in the Mississippi Delta (also) In Biloxi on an overnight trip
Why: The beachfront of Biloxi lies on the Mississippi Sound.
Submitted by: Kathy
| "Ode To Billy Joe"
The Lyrics: Brother married Becky Thompson;
They bought a store in Tupelo. Why: Tupelo is a city in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Perhaps it's major claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of Elvis Presley, but that has no obvious tie-in with this song. But since the song refers to a Tallahatchie bridge and there is a Tallahatchie River in northern Mississippi, this Mississippi city is surely what the song must refer to.
Submitted by: Natalie Snortman
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"Ode To Billy Joe"
The Lyrics: Me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
Why: Me, I tend a spot of lime flickin' powers up on Choctaw Ridge
Submitted by: Ashley Michelle McGowan
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"Ode to Billie Joe"
The Lyrics: Another sleepy, dusty, Delta day
Why: The alliteration of three D's in the opening line tell you right off that this is going to be an incredible song.
Submitted by: Kathy
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