Gentry's song recounts the day when Billie Joe McAllister committed suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge on Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi.
The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist.It has a crisp texture when fresh. The most commonly eaten part of a carrot is a taproot, although the greens are sometimes eaten as well.It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia.t has a crisp texture when fresh. The most commonly eaten part of a carrot is a taproot, although the greens are sometimes eaten as well. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia.
turnip (plural turnips) 1  The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. ( 2 Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Atlantic Canada) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. ( 3 dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.