Marie-Jeanne (Ode To Billie Joe)

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Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, OC better known as Roch Voisine, (born 26 March 1963 in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick) is a Canadian Acadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host who lives in Montreal, Quebec and Paris, France. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1994. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. more »

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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 d'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 maline, passe-moi donc le pain.
Y'a bien encore deux hectares à labourer dans le champ d'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 d'bon à Bourg-Les-Essonnes
Et voilà qu'Marie-Jeanne Guillaume s'est jetée du pont de la Garonne".

Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite ?
I've been cooking 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 Billie Joe were throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge".

A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe.
Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo.
There was a virus goin' round, papa caught it and he died last spring
And now, mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything.
And me, I spent a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water of the Tallahatchie Bridge.

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