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BILLY BOY Sung by: W.T. Jernigan Recorded in Batesville, AR 7/12/59 Click here to listen to the original recording Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?" "I've been to seek me a wife for the pleasure of my life. She is a young thing, cannot leave her mammy-o." "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 its eye. She is a young thing, cannot leave her mammy-o." "Does she often go to church, Billy boy, Billy boy? Does she often go to church, charming Billy?" "She often goes to church, with her bonnet white as starch. She is a young thing, cannot leave her mammy-o." Also found in Randolph, Vol. I, #104; Brown, Vol. III, #121; Belden, p. 499. |
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