Billy Boy

Where have you been Billy Boy, Billy Boy
Where have you been charming Billy
I've been to seek a wife, she's the joy of my life

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Did she ask you to come in Billy Boy, Billy Boy
Did she ask you to come in charming Billy
Yes she asked me to come in with 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 set for me a chair combing down her yellow hair

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Did she ask you for a ride Billy Boy, Billy Boy
Did she ask you for a ride charming Billy
Yes she asked me for a ride said she'd sit right by my side

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

But why should you wed Billy Boy, Billy Boy
But why should you wed charming Billy
I could find my happiness if she'd only tell me yes

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 a bonnet by the birch

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

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Well how old is she Billy Boy, Billy Boy
How old is she charming Billy
She is six times seven twenty-eight and eleven

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother