Billy Boy- Hubbard (UT) 1946 Hubbard A
[From Ballads and Songs from Utah; Hubbard; 1961.
R. Matteson 2014]
A. Billy Boy. Sung by Mrs. Salley A. Hubbard of Salt Lake City, Nov. 15, 1946.
"O, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
O where have you been, charming Billy?"
"I have been to see my wife. She's the joy of all 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?"
"She bade me come in with the dimple in her chin,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother."
Did she set you a stool, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she set you a stool, charming Billy?"
"Yes, she set me a stool, and I set there like a fool,
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 cherry pie quick as a cat can wink her eye,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother."
"Did she light you to bed, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she light you to bed, charming Billy?"
"Yes, she lit me to bed with a candle on her head,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother."
"Did she set up close to you, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she set up close to you, charming Billy?"
"Yes, she set up close to me as the bark upon a tree,
For she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother."