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

Did she bid you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she bid you to come in, tell me Billy?
Yes, she bade me to come in, there's a dimple in her chin
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Did she set you a chair, Billy Boy? Billy Boy?
Did she set you a chair, tell me Billy
Yes, she set for me a chair
she has ringlets in her hair
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Can she bake cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she bake cherry pie, tell me Billy
She can bake a cherry pie, there's a twinkle in her eye
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother