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Billy Boy
Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy,
Billy Boy?
Oh, where have you been charming Billy?
I have been to see my wife
She’s the pleasure of my life
She’s a young thing and cannot
Leave her mother.
How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old is she, charming Billy?
She’s twice six, twice seven, twice
Forty and eleven,
She’s a young thing and cannot
Leave her mother.
How tall is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How tall is she, charming Billy?
xShe’sx
She’s as tall as any pine
And as straight as a pumpkin vine,
She’s a young thing and cannot
Leave her mother.
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