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Billy Boy.
O where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
O 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?
She asked me to come in,
With a dimple in her chin.
She's a young thing and cannot leave her Mother.
Did she give you for to eat, Billy boy, Billy boy,
Did she ask you for to eat, charming Billy?
She asked me for to eat,
She had plenty of bread and meat,
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 its eye.
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's as tall as any pine,
Slim 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's twice six, twice seven,
Twenty and eleven,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
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