Oh where have you been? Billy Boy, Billy Boy Oh where have you been? Charmin' Billy. I've been up the road above, Just a visitin' my love. She's a young thing, and cannot leave her Did she ask you to tea? Billy Boy, Billy Boy Did she ask you to tea? Chamin' Billy. Yes she asked me in to tea Then she sat upon my knee. She's a young thing, and cannot leave her Can she bake a cherry pie? In the twinkling of an eye. Is she fitted for your wife? As my pocket for my knife. Did you ask her to wed? Billy Boy, Billy Boy Did you ask her to wed? Charmin' Billy. Yes, I asked her would she wed, And what do you think she said? "I'm a young thing, but I will leave my Just for you, Billy Boy Just for you, Billy Boy And no other. I've been waitin' a long time, For those wedding bells to chime. Her mother. Do you love her? Billy Boy Do you love her? Billy Boy Yes I love her, but not like a brother. Yes I've thought of everything, Here's the license, here's the ring. She's a young thing, whose gonna leave Her mother. Just for me Billy Boy Just for me Billy Boy And no other. When she's mine and mine alone, She won't need a chaperone. She's a young thing whose gonna leave Her mother. Oh, she's gonna leave her mother.