Billy Boy
Where have you been all the day bonny boy Billy Boy
Where have you been all the day O me dear darling Billy O
Oh I have been all the day walking with a lady gay
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy o
Is she fitting for your wife bonny boy Billy Boy
Is she fitting for your wife O me dear darling Billy O
She's as fit to be me wife as the heart is to the knife
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy o
And did she ask you to sit down bonny boy Billy Boy
Did she ask you to sit down O me dear darling Billy O
Well she asked me to sit down then she curtsied to the ground
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy o
Did she light you up to bed bonny boy Billy Boy
Did she light you up to bed O me dear darling Billy O
Yes she lit me up to bed with a nodding of her head
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy o
Did she lie so close to you bonny boy Billy Boy
Did she lie so close to you O me dear darling Billy O
Yes she lay so close to me as the bark is to the tree
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy o
Do you want to know her age bonny boy Billy Boy
Do you want to know her age O me dear darling Billy O
She is twice six seven she is twice twenty and eleven
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy o