Billy Boy- Adamson (IL) 1938 Neely A
[From Tales and Songs of Southern Illinois; By Charles Neely, John Webster Spargo; 1938; p. 191-193. The beginning text is missing- upcoming.
R. Matteson 2014]
A. Billy Boy. Sung by Dave H. Adamson, Belleville Illinois
"Did she bid you in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she bid you in charming Billy?"
"Yes, she bid me in with a dimple in her chin;
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother."
"Did she set for you a chair, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she set for you a chair, charming Billy?"
Yes she set for me a chair, with a look up in the air;
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 her eye,
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, twice forty and eleven,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother."