Ilene's son was in a Dublin pub
When someone gave his leg an rub
"A copper to spare?"
"There's one over there
But he looks a bit like Beezlebub!"
Remember the 1967 hit "Ode to Billy Joe"?
Number one on the music charts is where it would go.
It was recorded by country-western singer Bobbie Gentry.
This singer-songwriter reached world-wide popularity.
Something she mentions in the song remains a mystery.
Bobbie, when you and Billy Joe were up on Choctaw Ridge,
what exactly did you throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?
Bobbie Jo does not like the rain
She pouts until she sees the sun again
She stays indoors not to get wet
Come sunny forecasts she’s all set
Bobbie Jo dislikes clouds she says out loud
Though the light fluffy ones are allowed
It's dark heavy clouds she dreads with most disdain
They're the ones who bring oncoming bouts of rain
Bobbie Jo doesn’t like to frown
So when it rains she doesn’t let it get her down
She plays all happy tunes and paints a big bright rainbow
Then calls her closest friends to say hello
AP: 1st place 2021, 2nd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on June 25, 2019 for contest YOUR TRIBUTE VERSE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND
Originally posted on February 27, 2018
Bobbie jo went to town
to buy a hat, no hats here
they said to her.
Why me, oh my, what am I
to do said bobbie jo to herself,
hat, need a hat,
what am I to do.
Bobbie jo from store to store
went she, no hats,
no where any more.
Bobbie jo always wore hats,
never without them,
hats on her head,
to adore,
across the street,
there she spied a hat,
that was sitting on a rack.
Bobbie jo ran as fast
as she could, but when she
reached that store,
someone else had her
hat at last.
Poor bobbie jo,
not wanting to go home,
with no hat, so she
sat down for awhile,
to think a spell.
Bobbie jo thought and thought,
oh bobbie jo, tomorrow is
Tuesday and Beehive
department store always
has a hat sale that day.
Bobbie jo picked herself
up, smiled, not worried
anymore,
she knew tomorrow would
be a better day.
wrote 1-19-07