Billy Boy Lyrics
Billy Boy - Burl Ives
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