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Billy Boy

Traditional

C	-	-	-
-	-            F      C	G7	-
-	-	C	-
-	G7	C	-  (G7 repeat twice)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Oh where have you been, Bil -ly Boy, Bil -ly Boy?

Oh where have you been, charm -ing Bil -ly?

I have been to seek a wife, She's the joy of my life,

She's a young thing and can -not leave her moth -er.

 

Did she ask you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you to come in, charming Billy?
Yes, she asked me to come in, there's a dimple in her chin.
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

 

Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she make a cherry pie, charming Billy?
She can make a cherry pie, quick as a cat can wink an eye,
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

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Sound Clip:

Listen to Jim play "Billy Boy" on the plectrum banjo (472k mp3 file)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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