Thanx for the title! I checked cowpie and found....

ODE TO BILLIE JOE
Key of F, Common Time "With a beat"
Words and music by Bobbie Gentry

            F7
  It was the third of June,
           Cm7                    F7
  Another sleepy, dusty, Delta day.
        F7
  I was out choppin' cotton
          Cm7                   F7
  And my brother was bailin' hay
          Bb7
  And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
            F7
  And Mama hollered at the back door,
           Cm7                       F7
  "Y'all remember to wipe your feet."
              Bb7
  Then she said,    

"I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
         F7
  Today Billie Joe McAllister
         Eb7                        F
  Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge."

is this it? Are there more verses?

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