Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?

I have been to seek a wife
She’s the joy of my life
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Where does she live, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, where does she live, charming Billy?

She lives up on the hill
Forty miles from the mill
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
There's a dimple in her chin
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 an eye
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Can she sing a pretty song, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she sing a pretty song, charming Billy?

She can sing a pretty song
But she often sings it wrong
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

So how old is she now, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old is she now, charming Billy?  

Three times six and four times seven
Twenty-eight and eleven
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother