Listen to Billy Boy song with lyrics from Pete Seeger

Billy Boy

Pete Seeger30 Sep 2023

Billy Boy Lyrics

Billy Boy - The Almanac Singers

Will you go to the war billy boy billy boy

 

Will you go to the war charmin' billy

 

It's a long ways away they are dying every day

 

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother

 

Can you use a bayonet billy boy billy boy

 

Can you use a bayonet charming billy

 

No i haven't got the skill to murder and to kill

 

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother

 

Don't you want a silver medal billy boy billy boy

Don't you want a silver medal charlin' sic billy

 

No desire do i feel to defend republic steel

 

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother

 

Don't you want to see the world billy boy billy boy

Don't you want to see the world charmin' billy

 

No it wouldn't be much thrill to die for dupont in brazil

 

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother

 

Girls would like your uniform billy boy billy boy

Girls would like your uniform charlin' sic billy

 

They wouldn't get much chance to love me with six feet of earth above me

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother

 

Are you afraid to fight billy boy billy boy

 

Are you afraid to fight charling sic billy

 

You can come around to me when england's a democracy

 

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother

 

Will they take you from my side billy boy billy boy

 

Will they take you from my side charming billy

 

Don't you worry mother dear i'm a-stayin' over here

 

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother

 

 

He's a young boy and cannot leave his mother