Billy Boy Songtext
von Frank Crumit

Billy Boy _ Frank Crumit

Where have you bin, Billy Boy Billy Boy
Where have you bin, charming Billy
I have bin to see the 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 Billy Boy
Did she ask you to come 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 set for you a chair, Billy Boy Billy Boy
Did she set for you a chair, charming Billy
Yes, she set for me 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 right by my side
She′s a young thing and cannot leave her mother

But why should you wed, Billy Boy Billy Boy
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 often seen at church, Billy Boy Billy Boy
Is she often seen at church, charming Billy
Yes she′s often seen at church with a bonnet by her purse
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother
Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy Billy Boy
Can she bake a cherry pie, charming Billy
She can bake a cheery pie quick as a cat can wink her eye
She′s a young thing and cannot leave her mother

How old is she, Billy Boy Billy Boy
How old is she, charming Billy
She is six times seven twenty eight and eleven
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother


In the first stanza Frank pronounces ′been' as 'bin′