Bully Boy Billy- F. Child (Parody) 1862
[From War-Songs For Freemen; Dedicated to the Army of the United States, written by F. J. Child and entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, (the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts) University Press: Welch, Bigelow, and Company. Cambridge, Massachusetts 1863.
In Folk-Songs of the South (1925), John Harrington Cox reports, "A parody written in the days of the Civil War ("Bully Boy, Billy") may be read in Child's War-Songs for Freemen (Boston, cop. 1862), p. 41."
R. Matteson 2011- 2014]
BULLY BOY, BILLY; No. 22. page 41; Henry Leland
1. Well, Bully Boy Billy, where will you go now, now?
Bully Boy Billy, where will you go now?
"I'm off on a tramp, to the soldiers in camp," —
Hop-sa-sa, fal-ha-la, Bully for you!
2. Well, Bully Boy Billy, what will you do there, there?
Bully Boy Billy, what will you do there? —
"I'll join them and fight, for I know what's right," —
Hop-fa-sa, fal-ha-la, Bully for you!
3. Well, Bully Boy Billy, come tell us what's right, right!
Bully Boy Billy, come tell us what's right !
"To fight like a man, for the Union's the plan," —
Hop-sa sa, fal-ha-la, Bully for U — (N. I. O. N. too!)
4. Well, Bully Boy Billy, come count us in too, too!
Bully Boy Billy, come count us in too!
The rebellion we'll quell, — send Jeff Davis to — well!
Hop-sa-sa, fal-ha-la, Bully for U — (N. I. 0. N. too !")
HENRY P. LELAND.