My Boy Billy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Where have you been all the day,
my boy Willie?
Where have you been all the day, Willie,
won't you tell me now?
[G]I have been a[D]ll the day
[G]courting with my lady Gaye.
[D]But she is too [G]young to
be taken from her [D]mammy.
But she is too [G]young to be
taken from her [D]mammy.
Can she brew and can she bake,
my boy Willie?
Can she brew and can she bake,
Willie, won't you tell me now?
She [G]can brew, she can bake,
she can make a wedding cake
[D]But she is too you[G]ng to be
taken from her [D]mammy
But she is too [G]young to be
taken from her [D]mammy
Can she weave and can she spin,
my boy Willie?
Can she weave and can she spin, Willie,
won't you tell me now?
[G]She can weave, [D]she can spin,
[G]she can do most anything
[D]But she is too [G]young to be
taken from her [D]mammy
But she is too [G]young to be
taken from her [D]mammy
Can she make up a bed, my boy Willie?
Can she make up a bed, Willie,
won't you tell me now?
[G]She can make up a bed
forty feet above her [D]head
But she is too [G]young to be
taken from her [D]mammy
But she is too [G]young to be
taken from her [D]mammy
How old is she then, my boy Willie?
How old is she then, Willie,
won't you tell me now?
[G]Twice six, [D]twice seven,
[G]twice twenty and el[D]even
But she is too [G]young to be
taken from her [D]mammy
But she [G]is too young
to be taken from her [D]mammy
Did you ask her to wed, my boy Willie?
Did you ask her to wed, Willie,
won't you tell me now?
[G]Yes, I asked her to wait,
and what do you think she said?
[D]I am much too you[G]ng to be
taken from my [D]Mammy.
I am much too [G]young to be
[D]taken [G]from my [D]Mammy.