(acc. 5-string banjo)
| 1 |
O where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
O where have you been, charming Billy?
I have been to see my wife, she's the joy of my life,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 2 |
Did she ask you in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you in, charming Billy?
Yes, she asked me in, with a dimple in her chin,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 3 |
Did she take your hat, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she take your hat, charming Billy?
Yes, she took my hat, and threw it at the cat,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 4 |
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, but the bottom wasn't there,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 5 |
Can she knit and can she spin, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she knit and can she spin, charming Billy?
She can knit and she can spin, she can do most anything,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 6 |
Can she make a feather bed, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she make a feather bed, charming Billy?
She can make a feather bed, put the pillows at the head,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 7 |
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 a cat can wink its eye,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 8 |
Did she light you up to bed, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she light you up to bed, charming Billy?
Yes, she lit me up to bed with a candle on her head,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 9 |
How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old is she, charming Billy?
Twice six, twice seven, three times twenty and eleven,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy. |
| 10 |
Is she fit to be your wife, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Is she fit to be your wife, charming Billy?
She's as fit to be my wife as my pocket for my knife,
But she's a young thing, too young to leave her mammy. |
