Billy boy
I want to marry you
Billy boy
that's what I want to do
but I'm a young girl
yeah I'm a young girl
yeah I'm a young girl
and I just can't leave my mother
Billy boy
don't you know I care
Billy boy
I'll go anywhere
but I'm a young girl
yeah I'm a young girl
yeah I'm a young girl
and I just can't leave my mother
I heard you ask my ma and pa
if you could be their son-in-law
I heard my mama scream oh know
I just can't let my daughter go
Billy boy
I love you desperately
but right now that's how it's got to be
but I'm a young girl
yeah I'm a young girl
yeah I'm a young girl
and I just can't leave my mother