Oh, where have you been,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
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 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,
there's a dimple on her chin,
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 the cat can wink an 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 a feather bed,
while a-
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
How tall is she,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
How tall is she, charming Billy?
She is as tall as any pine,
and as straight as a pumpkin vine,
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 sixty times eleven,
twenty-
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother!
Picture of pumpkin flower attached
to its vine. Billy Boy says his girl is
as straight as a pumpkin vine.
Billy Boy’s girl can bake a Cherry Pie
quicker than the cat can wink an eye
Cartoon Picture of “Bongo Cat”
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BILLY BOY
Sing Out Loud Traditional Songs
For English Language Teachers Around the World
American English, United States Department of State.
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"Billy Boy" answers lots of questions about his girl friend. He would like to get married, but says the girl is too young to leave her mother.