Billy Boy- Jenson (UT) 1947 Hudson B
[From Ballads and Songs from Utah; Hubbard; 1961.
R. Matteson 2014]
B. Billy Boy- Sung Aug. 2, 1947 by Mrs. Elizabeth Jensen of Ogden, whose mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher Brown, learned it in Scotland and taught it to her children.
"Where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Where have you been, charming Billy?"
"I have been to seek a wife, she's the darling of my heart,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy."
"How tall is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How tall is she, charming Billy?"
"She's twice as tall as me when she's down upon her knee,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy."
"Does she ever go to church, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Does she ever go to church, charming Billy?"
She often goes to church, with a bonnet white as perch,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy."
"Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she bake a cherry charming Billy?"
"She can bake a cherry pie as quick as a cat can wink her eye,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy."
"How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old is she, charming Billy?"
"Twice six, twice seven, twice twenty and eleven,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mammy."