Billy Boy
"Billy Boy" is a traditional folk song and nursery rhyme found in the United States. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 326. It is a variant of the traditional English folksong "My Boy Billy," collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams and published by him in 1912 as number 232 in "Novello's School Songs."
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Famous quotes by billy boy:
“‘Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?’
‘I’ve been to seek a wife,
She’s the joy of my life,
She’s a young thing, and cannot leave her mother.’”
—Unknown. Billy Boy (l. 1–5)