| lyric | 1. Oh, where have you been,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, where habe you been,
charming Billy?
I have been to seek a wife,
She’s the joy of my life,
She’s a young thing
and cannot leave her mother.
2. Did she bid you come in,
Billy Boy. Billy Boy‘.’
Did she bid you come in,
charming Billy?
Yes, she bade me to come in,
There’s a dimple in her chin,
She’s a young thing and
cannot leave her mother.
3. Did she set for you a chair,
Billy Boy. Billy Boy?
Did she set for you a chair,
charming Billy?
Yes, she set for me a chair,
She has ringlets in her hair,
She‘s a young thing and
cannot leave her mother.
4. Did she bake a cherry pie,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she bake a cherry pie,
charming Billy?
She can bake a cherry pie,
Quick as a cat can wink her eye.
She’s a young thing and
cannot leave her mother.
5. How old is she,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old is she,
charming Billy?
Three times six and four times sev’n.
Twenty eight and elev’n,
She’s a young thing
and cannot leave her mother. |