Lyrics

O where have you gone Billy Boy? X2
O where have you gone charming Billy?
I’ve gone to find my wife
She’s the joy of my life
She’s a good girl and cannot leave her mother

Are her eyes still as bright Billy Boy X2
Are her still as bright charming Billy
Yes her eyes are as bright
As stars are in the night
She’s a good girl and cannot leave her mother

Does she always go to church Billy Boy X2
Does she always go to church charming Billy
She always goes to church
In a dress as white as birch
She’s a good girl and cannot leave her mother

She always said she’d go and now she’s gone
Though I believed her I guess I just held on
It’s funny how we hear things different ways
Each according to the truth they face

How can you be sad Billy Boy X2
How can you be sad charming Billy
I know it’s rather strange
But I thought she might just change
She’s a good girl and cannot leave her mother
She’s a good girl and cannot leave her mother