Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?
I have been to seek a wife,
she's the joy of my life.
and cannot leave her mother.
Did she ask you to come in,
Did she ask you to come in,
Yes, she asked me to come in,
and there's a dimple in her chin,
and cannot leave her mother.
Did she sit for you a chair,
Did she sit for you a chair,
Yes, she's set for me a chair,
And she's got ringlets in her hair,
And cannot leave her mother.
Can she bake a cherry pie,
Can she bake a cherry pie,
She can bake a cherry pie,
Quick as a cat can wink and sigh,
and cannot leave her mother.
How old is she, Billy boy, Billy boy?
How old is she, charming Billy?
twenty -eight and eleven.
and cannot leave her mother.