Billy Boy- Crumit (OH-NY) 1925 Victor REC
[My transcription. From Victor recording Vi 19945 by Frank Crumit at Camden, NJ on December 1925, released in March 1926. It features Riley Pucket type guitar playing. Frank Crumit (September 26, 1889 – September 7, 1943) was singer, composer. radio entertainer and vaudeville star originally from Ohio. He shared his radio programs with his wife, Julia Sanderson, and the two were sometimes called "the ideal couple of the air." [Wiki] One of the most influential early recordings.
R. Matteson 2014]
Billy Boy- Frank Crumit, 1925
[vocal inst. imitating a horn]
"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 joy of my life;
She's a young thing, and cannot leave her mother."
"Did she ask you to come in, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you in, charming Billy?"
"Yes, she asked me to come in,
With a dimple in her chin:
She's a young thing, and cannot leave her mother."
"Did she ask you to take a chair, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you to take a chair, charming Billy?"
"Yes, she asked me to take a chair,
Combing down her yellow hair;
She's a young thing, and cannot leave her mother."
"Did she ask you for a ride Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you for a ride, charming Billy?"
Yes she asked me for a ride,
Said she'd sit by my side
She's a young thing, and cannot leave her mother."
[vocal inst. imitating a horn]
But why should you wed, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
But why should you wed, charming Billy?"
"I could find my happiness,
If she'd only tell me, 'Yes,'
She's a young thing, and cannot leave her mother."
Is she off to see the church Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Is she off to see the church charming Billy?"
"Yes, she's off to see the church
With a bonnet white as birch,
She's a young thing, and cannot leave her mother."
"Can she bake a cherry pie Billie Boy, Billie Boy
Can she bake a cherry pie charming Billie?"
"She can bake a cherry pie
As quick as a cat can wink her eye,
She's a young thing cannot leave her mother."
"Oh, how old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, how old is she, charming Billy?"
"She's six times seven,
Twenty-eight and eleven;
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother! "