Billy Boy- Thomas (AR) 1969 Max Hunter REC
[From: Max Hunter Collection Cat. #1356 (MFH #72). Stanzas numbered incorrectly or verse 3 is missing.
R. Matteson 2014]
Billy Boy- As sung by Charles Thomas, Fayetteville, Arkansas on July 11, 1969
Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1356
VERSE 1
O, where have you been Billy boy, Billy boy
Where have you been charmin' Billy
O, I've been to seek a wife
She's the joy of my life
A young thing who cannot leave her Mother
VERSE 2
Did she ask you to come in Billy boy, Billy boy
Did she set for you a chair charmin' Billy
Yes, she set for me a chair
But the bottom wasn't there
She's a young thing who cannot leave her Mother
VERSE 3
Can she bake a cherry pie Billy boy, Billy boy
Can she bake a cherry pie charmin' Billy
She can bake a cherry pie
Quick as a cat can wink its eye
She's a young thing who cannot leave her Mother