My Boy Billy

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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
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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."
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