A traditional song... how old is she?!
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I'm a one-man acoustic show featuring furious guitar playing, passionate vocals and lyrics to make you think (well, sometimes). "Frenetic one-man acoustic gorgeosity" they call it.
Story behind the song
I first heard this song performed by Poitn and it stayed in my head for weeks after.
I decided to play a version for them at one of my gigs as a one-off surprise; I liked it so much that it stayed in the set.
Lyrics
Where have you been all the day, Billy boy, bonny boy?
Where have you been all the day, oh my dear, darling Billy-O?
I have been all the day walking with a lady gay,
Isnt she a young thing lately from her mummy-O?
Is she fitting for your wife, Billy boy, bonny boy?
Is she fitting for your wife, oh my dear, darling Billy-O?
Yes, shes fit to be my wife, as the haft is to the knife,
Isnt she a young thing lately from her mummy-O?
Did she ask you to sit down, Billy boy, bonny boy?
Did she ask you to sit down, oh my dear, darling Billy-O?
Yes, she asked me to sit down as she curtsied to the ground,
Isnt she a young thing lately from her mummy-O?
Did she light you up to bed, Billy boy, bonny boy?
Did she light you up to bed, oh my dear, darling Billy-O?
Yes, she lit me up to bed with a nodding of her head,
Isnt she a young thing lately from her mummy-O?
Did she lie so close to you, Billy boy, bonny boy?
Did she lie so close to you, oh my dear, darling Billy-O?
Yes, she lay so close to me, as the bark is to the tree,
Isnt she a young thing lately from her mummy-O?
Do you want to know her age, Billy boy, bonny boy?
Do you want to know her age, oh my dear, darling Billy-O?
She is twice six seven, she is twice twenty and eleven,
Isnt she a young thing lately from her mummy-O?
