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 can't leave her mother.

Did she bid you to come in, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she bid you to come in, Charming Billy?
Yes, she bid me to come in. There's a dimple on her chin.
She's a young thing and can't leave her mother.

Did she offer you a chair, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she offer you a char, charming Billy?
Yes, she offered me a chair. She was ringlets in her hair.
She's a young thing and can't lever 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 can't leave her mother.

Tell me how old is he, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Tell me how old is he, charming Billy?
Three times six and four times seven. Twenty-eight and eleven.
She's a young thing and can't leave her mother.
She's a young thing and can't leave her mother.