[Intro]
Tell me where have you been
Tell me where have you been
Tell me where have you been

[Verse 1]
Tell me where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Tell me where have you been, Charming Billy?
"I have been to seek a wife, she's the joy of all my life
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother"

[Verse 2]
Did she ask you for a ride, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you for a ride, Charming Billy? (Oh, you bet)
("Yes, she asked me for a ride, said she'd sit down by my side
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother")

[Verse 3]
Did she set for you a chair, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she set for you a chair, Charming Billy?
"Yes, she set for me a chair, holding down her yellow hair
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother"

[Verse 4]
Did she ask you for a ride, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you for a ride, Charming Billy?
('Well yes, she asked me for that ride, said she's ride right by my side
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother")
[Verse 5]
(Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?)
Can she bake a cherry pie, Charming Billy?
"She can bake a cherry pie, quick as a cat can wink his eye
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother"

[Bridge]
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo, doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo, doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo, doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo, doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo, doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-dood
Doo-doo-doo-doo-dood

Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo-doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo-doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo-doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo- doo
Doo, dood 'n' doo, dood 'n' doo, doo- doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-dood
Doo-doo-doo-doo-dood

[Verse 6]
How old is your is girl, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old is your girl, Charming Billy?
She is six times seven, twenty eight and eleven (Wow)
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother