Granny:
Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy
Oh, where have you been, charmin' Billy
HIRAM:
I have been to seek a wife
She's the joy of my life
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother
Granny:
Is she often seen in church, Billy boy, Billy boy
Is she often seen in church, charmin' Billy
HIRAM:
Yes, she's often seen in church
With a bonnet white as birch
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother
Granny:
Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy boy, Billy boy
Can she bake a cherry pie, charmin' Billy
Hiram:
She can bake a cherry pie
Quick as a cat can wink its eye
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother
Granny:
How old is she, Billy boy, Billy boy
How old is she, charmin' Billy
Hiram:
Three times six, four times seven
Twenty-eight and eleven
Oh, she's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother
Both:
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother
