Lyrics:

Where have you been all the day, bonny boy, Billy Boy?
Where have you been all the day, O my dear darling Billy O?
I've been out all the day walking with a lady gay,
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy O?

Is she fit for your wife, bonny boy, Billy Boy?
Is she fit for your wife, O my dear darling Billy O?
She's as fit to be my wife as the heart is to the knife,
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy O?

And did she ask you to sit down, bonny boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you to sit down, O my dear darling Billy O?
Well she asked me to sit down then she curtsied to the ground,
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy O?

Did she light you up to bed, bonny boy, Billy Boy?
Did she light you up to bed, O my dear darling Billy O?
Well she lit me up to bed with a nodding of her head,
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy O?

Did she lie close to you, bonny boy, Billy Boy?
Did she lie close to you, O my dear darling Billy O?
Well she lay so close to me as the bark is to the tree,
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy O?

Do you want to know her age, bonny boy, Billy Boy?
Do you want to know her age, O my dear darling Billy O?
She is twice six seven, she is twice twenty and eleven,
Isn't she a young thing lately from her mummy O?