Key: D major
Verse 1
a Louisiana couple had a red -headed son.
No name fitted him, Jim, Jack, or Joe,
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Billy, Billy, by yo,
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Billy, Billy, by yo, watch what I say
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of these days
Billy was a boy, kinda big, furry size
Red hair and freckles and
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big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
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Billy fought the battle of the little bighorn
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Billie, Billie, bye -yo,
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Billie, Billie, bye -yo, watch what I say
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of these days
One sad day, Billie cried, ho -ho
I can whup the feathers
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off a G -Ronnie Moe
He smiled it off and the chief got mad
That black tooth ended
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our Louisiana lad
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Billy, Billy Boy, oh, watch what I say
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of these days
One day in 1878
A pretty girl walked through
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Bill's front gate
He didn't know where to stand or run
And now he's married,
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A -billy -billy -bye -yo,
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A -billy -billy -bye -yo, watch what I say
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A pretty girl will get you one of these days
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one of these days
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A pretty girl will get you one of these days
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