Ode to Billie Joe, cover Bobbie Gentry/ Joe Dassin

Started by Jean Pierre, September 26, 2018, 05:22:42 AM

Jean Pierre

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With a search I found a cover deposited in 2012 by Willey (PJ) and Dobrodaddy on SC

You must have heard this song more than a million times, so I present you the French version "Marie Jeanne"

What is interesting about this French version is that it is a very faithful translation of Bobbie Gentry's original text
the same dramatic construction, the same chronology in the story (see in scroll sceen the original text and the French text)only the names of the characters and geographical locations have been changed

Played with my favorite little instruments: Martin 000 guitar, Weissenborm Anderwood guitar, mandolin EASTMAN. Uke bass Kala and harmonica Hohner Marine Band

thank for listening
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And mama hollered out the back door, y'all, remember to wipe your feet
And then she said, I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas
Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please
There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow
And mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
And brother said he recollected when he, and Tom, and Billie Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?
I'll have another piece-a apple pie; you know, it don't seem right
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
And now ya tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
And mama said to me, child, what's happened to your appetite?
I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite
That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today
Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way
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
A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy 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 want to do much of anything
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

french lyrics
C'était le quatre juin, le soleil tapait depuis le matin
Je m'occupais de la vigne et mon frère chargeait le foin
Et l'heure du déjeuner venue, on est retourné à la maison
Et notre mère a crié de la cuisine: "Essuyez vos pieds sur l'paillasson"
Puis elle nous dit qu'elle avait des nouvelles de Bourg-les-Essonnes
Ce matin Marie-Jeanne Guillaume s'est jetée du pont de la Garonne

Et mon père dit à ma mère en nous passant le plat de gratin :
"La Marie-Jeanne, elle n'était pas très maligne, passe-moi donc le pain.
Y'a bien encore deux hectares à labourer dans le champ de la canne."
Et maman dit: "Tu vois, quand j'y pense, c'est quand même bête pour cette pauvre Marie-Jeanne
On dirait qu'il n'arrive jamais rien de bon à Bourg-les-Essonnes
Et voilà qu'Marie-Jeanne Guillaume va s'jeter du pont de la Garonne"

Et mon frère dit qu'il se souvenait quand lui et moi et le grand Nicolas
On avait mis une grenouille dans le dos de Marie-Jeanne un soir au cinéma
Et il me dit: "Tu te rappelles, tu lui parlais ce dimanche près de l'église
Donne-moi encore un peu de vin, c'est bien injuste la vie
Dire que j'l'ai vue à la scierie hier à Bourg-les-Essonnes
Et qu'aujourd'hui Marie-Jeanne s'est jetée du pont de la Garonne"

Maman m'a dit enfin: "Mon grand, tu n'as pas beaucoup d'appétit
J'ai cuisiné tout ce matin, et tu n'as rien touché, tu n'as rien pris
Dis-moi, la soeur de ce jeune curé est passée en auto
Elle m'a dit qu'elle viendrait dimanche à dîner... oh! et à propos
Elle dit qu'elle a vu un garçon qui t'ressemblait à Bourg-les-Essonnes
Et lui et Marie-Jeanne jetaient quelque chose du pont de la Garonne"

Toute une année est passée, on ne parle plus du tout de Marie-Jeanne
Mon frère qui s'est marié a pris un magasin avec sa femme
La grippe est venue par chez nous et mon père en est mort en janvier
Depuis maman n'a plus envie de faire grand-chose, elle est toujours fatiguée
Et moi, de temps en temps j'vais ramasser quelques fleurs du côté des Essonnes
Et je les jette dans les eaux boueuses du haut du pont de la Garonne
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
The Lord of the Rings speech by Bilbo

Hook

This sounds really good brother. The instrumentation is perfect, awesome job.
Rock on!

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I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back
On that you can rely

Janpol1953

Rien ne sert d'espérer pour entreprendre... Ni de réussir pour persévérer!


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Blooby


I haven't heard this song (the English version) in many, many years. Cool post.

I like how the instrumentation creeps in.

Blooby

Farrell Jackson

This song played on the radio constantly when I was a teenager. I like it then and I like your version as well!

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Test, test, one, two, three.....is this mic on?

Jean Pierre

Yes Farrel
The album peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Top LP's chart. It was the only album to displace  ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (...was from who, again? :) ) from its 15-week reign at the top of the chart
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
The Lord of the Rings speech by Bilbo

Redler

Top class job from start to finish. Nice acoustic groove here...I like this!
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