Oh where have you gone Billy boy, Billy Boy? Oh where have you gone Charming Billy? I've gone to find my wife She's the darling of my life She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother Are her eyes still as bright Billy boy, Billy Boy? Are her eyes still as bright Charming Billy? Yes her eyes are still as bright As the stars are in the night She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother And she always goes to church Billy boy, Billy Boy? She always goes to church Charming Billy? Yes she always goes to church In a dress as white as burch She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother She always said she'd go and now she's gone And though I believed her I guess I just held on It's funny how we hear things different ways Each according to a truth they face And why are you so sad Billy boy, Billy Boy? And why are you so sad Charming Billy? I ache and I'm sad for a love I never had She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother