Billy Boy

Where have you been all the day
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Where have you been all the day
Charming Billy?
I've been out to seek a wife
Who's the darling of my life,
But she's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

Is she fit to be a wife
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Is she fit to be a wife
Charming Billy?
She is fit to be a wife
As a fork fits to a knife
But 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 bake a cherry pie
Quick's a cat can wink her eye
But she's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

Just how old can this girl be
Billy Boy Billy boy?
Just how old can this girl be
Charming Billy?
Three times six and four times seven
Plus an eighteen and eleven
But she's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.