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 life

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

She's got a dimple in her chin

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 sat for me a chair

She's got ringlets in her hair

She's a young thing

And cannot leave her mother

Can she make a cherry pie

Billy Boy Billy Boy

Can she make a cherry pie

Charming Billy

She can make a cherry pie

Quick as a cat can wink its eye

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 one very neat

From the head unto the feet

She's a young thing

And cannot leave her mother

Is she often seen in church

Billy Boy Billy Boy

Is she often seen in church

Charming Billy

Yes she's often seen in church

With a bonnet white as birch

She's a young thing

And cannot leave her mother

How old is she

Billy Boy Billy Boy

How old is she

Charming Billy

Three times six four times seven

Twenty-eight and eleven

Oh she's a young thing

And cannot leave her mother