Oh,
where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Oh, where have you been, Tommy Billy?
I have been to seek a wife,
she's the joy of my life.
She's a young being, cannot leave her mother.
Did she bid you to come in,
Billy boy,
Billy boy?
Did she bid you to come in, Tommy Billy?
Yes,
she bid me to come in,
there's a dimple in her chin.
She's a young being, cannot leave her mother.
Did she set you a chair, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she set you a chair, Tommy Billy?
Yes,
she set for me a chair,
she has winglets in her hair.
She's a young being and cannot leave her mother.
Can she bake cherry pie, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Can she bake cherry pie, Tommy Billy?
She can bake a cherry pie,
then a twig will lit her eye.
She's a young being and cannot leave her mother.