Billy Boy

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 whole life

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Where does she live Billy Boy Billy Boy

Oh where does she live Charming Billy

She lives on the hill forty miles from the mill

But 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

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Did she take your hat Billy Boy Billy Boy

Did she take your hat Charming Billy

Yes she took my hat and she threw it at the cat

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

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

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Can she cook and can she spin Billy Boy Billy Boy

Can she cook and can she spin Charming Billy

She can cook and she can spin she can do most anything

But 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 a cat can wink her eye

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Can she make a feather bed Billy Boy Billy Boy

Can she make a feather bed Charming Billy

She can make a feather bed and put pillows at the head

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Can she make a pudding well Billy Boy Billy Boy

Can she make a pudding well Charming Billy

She can make a pudding well I can tell it by the smell

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Can she milk a heifer calf Billy Boy Billy Boy

Can she milk a heifer calf Charming Billy

Yes she can and not miss the bucket more than half

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Is she often seen at church Billy Boy Billy Boy

Is she often seen at church Charming Billy

Yes she's often seen at church with her bonnet white as birch

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

And is she very tall Billy Boy Billy Boy

And is she very tall Charming Billy

She's as tall as any pine and as straight as a pumpkin vine

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Are her eyes very bright Billy Boy Billy Boy

Are her eyes very bright Charming Billy

Yes her eyes are very bright but alas they're minus sight

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Can she sing a pretty song Billy Boy Billy Boy

Can she sing a pretty song Charming Billy

She can sing a pretty song but she often sings it wrong

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

How old may she be Billy Boy Billy Boy

How old may she be Charming Billy

Three times six and four times seven twenty eight and eleven

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Is she fit to be a wife Billy Boy Billy Boy

Is she fit to be a wife Charming Billy

She's as fit to be a wife as a fork fits to a knife

But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother