Oh, where have you been,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nOh, where have you been,
\nCharming Billy?
\nI have been to seek a wife,
\nShe’s the idol of my life.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Where does she live,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nOh, where does she live?
\nCharming Billy?
\nShe lives on the hill,
\nForty miles from the mill.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Did she bid you to come in,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nDid she bid you to come in,
\nCharming Billy?
\nYes, she bade me to come in,
\nAnd to kiss her on the chin.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Did she take your hat,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nDid she take your hat,
\nCharming Billy?
\nYes, she took my hat,
\nAnd she threw it at the cat.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Did she set for you a chair,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nDid she set for you a chair,
\nCharming Billy?
\nYes, she set for me a chair,
\nBut the bottom wasn’t there.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Can she bake a cherry pie,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nCan she bake a cherry pie,
\nCharming Billy?
\nShe can bake a cherry pie,
\nQuick’s a cat can wink her eye.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Can she make a feather bed,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nCan she make a feather bed,
\nCharming Billy?
\nShe can make a feather bed,
\nThat will rise above your head.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Can she milk a heifer calf,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nCan she milk a heifer calf,
\nCharming Billy?
\nYes, she can, and not miss
\nThe bucket more than half.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Is she often seen at church,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nIs she often seen at church,
\nCharming Billy?
\nYes, she’s often seen at church,
\nWith a bonnet white as birch.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
And is she very tall,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nAnd is she very tall,
\nCharming Billy?
\nShe’s as tall as any pine,
\nAnd as straight as a pumpkin vine.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Are her eyes very bright,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nAre her eyes very bright,
\nCharming Billy?
\nYes, her eyes are very bright,
\nBut, alas, they’re minus sight.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
Can she sing a pretty song,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nCan she sing a pretty song,
\nCharming Billy?
\nShe can sing a pretty song,
\nBut she often sings it wrong.
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n
How old may she be,
\nBilly Boy, Billy Boy?
\nHow old may she be,
\nCharming Billy?
\nThree times six and four times seven,
\nTwenty eight and eleven,
\nShe’s a young thing,
\nAnd cannot leave her mother. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, Charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife, She’s the idol of my life. She’s a young thing, And cannot leave her mother. Where does she live, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where does she live? Charming Billy? She lives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,33],"tags":[],"sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-117921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canzoni","category-canzoni-tradizionali","lingua-inglese","scopo-intrattenimento"],"yoast_head":"\n