My Boy Billy- Crane (TN) 1916 Sharp MS
[From Bronson No. 14 as found in Sharp's MSS., 3377/2471. Sharp's generic title used.
R. Matteson 2014]
My Boy Billy- Sung by Hezekiah Crane, Flag Pond, Tenn., September 3, 1916.
PT/M
Where are you going, Biily, Billy boy,
Where are you going, charm Billy?
I'm going to see my wife
For the rest of my life.
She's a young thing can't leave her mama.
Is she fit for a wife, Billy, Billy boy,
Is she fit for a wife, charm Billy?
She's as fit for a wife
As my pocket is my knife.
She's a young thing etc.
Can she bake a cherry pie etc.
She can bake a cherry pie
As quick as a cat can blink its eye.
She's a young thing etc.
Can she make a bed etc.
She can make a bed
Six foot over her head.
She's a young thing etc.
How old is she etc.
How old etc.
She's twice six, twice seven,
Twice twenty and eleven.
She's a young thing etc.