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Bobbie Gentry's, "Ode To Billy Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
And drop the men into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Original Lyrics:
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Bobbie Gentry's, "Ode To Billy Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
And dropped the men into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Original Lyrics:
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Bobbie Gentry's, "Ode To Billy Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
The day Billy Joe McAllistar jumped off the Chattahoochie Bridge.
or
Today, Billy Jo McCalister jumped off the Tallahassee Bridge.
Original Lyrics:
Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

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