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My Boy Billy
Found in My_Boy_Billy.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection

X:1 T:My Boy Billy Z:R Vaughan Williams B:A Selection of Collected Folk-Songs, Novello F:http://www.folkinfo.og/songs M:3/4 %Meter L:1/8 % K:G D3/2G/ |GG FE D2 | [M:4/4][L:1/8] d2 d2 Bd w:"Where have you been all this day, My boy Bill-y, d3/2d/ |[M:3/4][L:1/8] GG FE D2 |[M:4/4][L:1/8] Dd dd Bd w:Where have you been all this day, Pret-ty Bill-y tell me." cd |e2 B c d2 AB |cA GF D2 w:"I have been all this day court-ing with a la-dy gay, GA |[M:3/4][L:1/8] BG E2 AG |[M:4/4][L:1/8] FD EF GG w:But she is too young to be ta-ken from her mam-my, GA | [M:3/4][L:1/8] BG E2 AG |[M:4/4][L:1/8] FD EF G G3 |] w: but she is too young to be tak-en from her mam-my." W:"Where have you been all this day, W:My boy Billy? W:Where have you been all this day, W:Pretty Billy, tell me." W:"I have been all this day, W:Courting with a lady gay, W:But she is too young to be taken from her mammy, W:But she is too young to be taken from her mammy." W: W:"Can she bake or can she brew? W:My boy Billy, W:Can she bake or can she brew? W:Pretty Billy, tell me." W:"She can brew and she can bake, W:She can make a wedding cake, W:But she is too young to be taken from her mammy." W: W:"Can she make a feather bed? W:My boy Billy, W:Can she make a feather bed? W:Pretty Billy tell me." W:"She can make a feather bed, W:Fit for any lady's head, W:But she is too young to be taken from her mammy." W: W:How old might she be? W:My boy Billy, W:How old might she be? W:Pretty Billy tell me." W:"She's one, she's two, twice eleven are twenty two, W:But she is too young to be taken from her mammy, W:But she is too young to be taken from her mammy." W: W: W:
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