Where have you been all the day,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Where have you been all the day,
my Billy Boy?
I've been walking all the day
With my charming Nancy Grey.
And me Nancy kittle me fancy
Oh me charming Billy Boy.
Is she fit to be your wife,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Is she fit to be your wife,
Me Billy Boy?
She as fit to be me wife
As the fork is to the knife.
And me Nancy kittle me fancy,
kittle me fancy, fancy, fancy
And me Nancy kittle me fancy,
kittle me fancy, fancy, fancy
Diddle-dee-um, bum, bum,
Diddle-dee-um, bum, bum.
Can she cook a bit o' steak,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she cook a bit o' steak,
Me Billy Boy?
She can cook a bit o' steak
Aye, and make a girdle cake.
And me Nancy kittle me fancy,
Oh me charming Billy Boy.
Diddle-dee-um, bum, bum,
Diddle-dee-um, bum, bum.
Can she make an Irish stew, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she make an Irish stew, me Billy Boy?
She can make an Irish stew.
Yes, I'm able to state most emphatically that her culinary attainments are in many other respects noteworthy too.
So me Nancy kittle me fancy
Oh me charming Billy Boy.
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