Ode to Billy Joe

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. "It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day / I was out _________ _________". Complete the lyric. balin' hay choppin' cotton pickin' flowers chasin' rainbows

2. "At dinner time we stopped and we walked back to the house to eat / and mama hollered at the back door '___________________'". What did she holler? I got some chitlens for a special treat listen to that black sheep bleat c'mon in outta that heat y'all remember to wipe your feet

3. "'Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the ________, please'". What did Papa want passed? mustard chicken biscuits quiche

4. "'There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to _______'". What does Papa need to do to those five acres? weed mow water plow

5. "Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe / put a ____ down my back at the Carroll County picture show." What did those bad boys put down her back? violin toad frog snake

6. "Mama said to me, 'Child, what's happened to your appetite? / I've been cookin' all ____________, and you haven't touched a single bite'". When was Mama cookin'? evening my life day morning

7. "There was a ________ goin' round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring". What did Papa catch? flu virus monkey fever

8. "Brother married Becky ____________, they bought a store in Tupelo." What was the last name of Brother's bride? Ostawsky Sharp Thompson Thatcher

9. "Me, I spend a lot of time _________ __________ up on Choctaw Ridge". What is our heroine spendin' her time at? singin' songs pickin' flowers shuckin' clams sittin' there

10. Do we ever find out for sure what Billy Joe and our heroine threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge? Yes No