Billy Boy

Traditional.

Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Oh, where have 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.

Oh, where does she live, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Oh, where does she live charming Billy?
She lives just over the hill, forty miles beyond the mill.
She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Did she bid you to come in, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she bid you to 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.

How old is she Billy boy, Billy boy?
How old is she, charming Billy?
She is six times seven, twenty eight plus eleven.
She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Can 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 you can wink an eye.
She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.