songs from your elementary school music book

Did she ask you to come in,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she ask you to come in,
Charming Billy?
Yes, she asked me to come in,
There's a dimple in her chin.
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

Can she make a cherry pie,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she make a cherry pie,
Charming Billy?
She can make a cherry pie,
Quick as a cat can wink an eye,
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

How old is she,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old is she,
Charming Billy?
Three times six and four times seven,
Twenty-eight and eleven,
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.

(Version 2)
English
Written By: Unknown
Copyright Unknown
Oh, where have you been,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, where have you been,
Charming Billy?
I have been to seek a wife,
She's the idol of my life.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Where does she live,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, where does she live?
Charming Billy?
She lives on the hill,
Forty miles from the mill.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Did she bid you to come in,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she bid you to come in,
Charming Billy?
Yes, she bade me to come in,
And to kiss her on the chin.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Did she take your hat,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Did she take your hat,
Charming Billy?
Yes, she took my hat,
And she threw it at the cat.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

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,
But the bottom wasn't there.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

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's a cat can wink her eye.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Can she make a feather bed,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she make a feather bed,
Charming Billy?
She can make a feather bed,
That will rise above your head.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Can she milk a heifer calf,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she milk a heifer calf,
Charming Billy?
Yes, she can, and not miss
The bucket more than half.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Is she often seen at church,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Is she often seen at church,
Charming Billy?
Yes, she's often seen at church,
With a bonnet white as birch.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

And is she very tall,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
And is she very tall,
Charming Billy?
She's as tall as any pine,
And as straight as a pumpkin vine.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Are her eyes very bright,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Are her eyes very bright,
Charming Billy?
Yes, her eyes are very bright,
But, alas, they're minus sight.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Can she sing a pretty song,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she sing a pretty song,
Charming Billy?
She can sing a pretty song,
But she often sings it wrong.
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

How old may she be,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
How old may she be,
Charming Billy?
Three times six and four times seven,
Twenty eight and eleven,
She's a young thing,
And cannot leave her mother.

Voice 1: Hey, ho, nobody home;

Voice 1: Meat nor drink nor money have I none,
Voice 2 : Hey, ho, nobody home;

Voice 1: Yet will I be merry.
Voice 2: Meat nor drink nor money have I none,
Voice 3: Hey, ho, nobody home;

Voice 1: Hey, ho, nobody home;
Voice 2: Yet wiIll be merry.
Voice 3: Meat nor drink nor money have I none,

Voice 1: Meat nor drink nor money have I none,
Voice 2: Yet will I be merry.

Voice 1: Yet will be merry.

Great Big House in New Orleans
Great big house in New Orleans,
Forty stories high,
Every room that I've been in,
Filled with pumpkin pie.

Went down to the old mill stream,
To fetch a pail a water,
Put one arm around my wife,
The other round my daughter.

Fair thee well my darling girl,
Fair thee well my daughter,
Fair thee well my darling girl
With the golden slippers on her.

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7. The Tailor and the Mouse

There was a tailor had a mouse
Hi diddle um come feed-a
They lived together in one house
Hi diddle um come feed-a

(CH:)Hi diddle um, come tintrum tantrum
Through the town of Ramsey,
Hi diddle um, come over the lea
Hi diddle um come feed-a

The tailor had a tall silk hat
Hi diddle um come feed-a
The mouse he ate it, fancy that
Hi diddle um come feed-a

The tailor chased him over the lea
Hi diddle um come feed-a
The last of that mouse he never did see
Hi diddle um come feed-a

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8. Child of the Universe (ick)

The sun is only a star,
around that star we spin.
But there are many other stars;
where do we fit in?

I am only a grain of sand
tossed by water and wind.
But there are many grains of sand;
where do I fit in?

Child of the universe,
let your spirit fly.
You are the special one,
and here's the reason why,
You're a child of the universe,
so climb your mountains high.
You are the chosen one
to try and touch the sky.

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9. Skye Boat Song

Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing
Onward, the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye.

Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
Thunder clouds rend the air
Baffled our foes stand on the shore
Follow they will not dare.

Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head.

Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field.

Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again.

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10. Drill Ye Tarriers Drill

Every morning about seven o'clock
There were twenty tarriers drilling at the rock
The boss comes along and he says, "Keep still
And bear down heavy on the cast iron drill"

(CH:)And drill, ye tarriers, drill
Drill, ye tarriers, drill
For it's work all day for the sugar in you tay
Down beyond the railway
And drill, ye tarriers, drill
And blast, and fire

The boss was a fine man down to the ground
And he married a lady six feet 'round
She baked good bread and she baked it well
But she baked it harder than the hobs of Hell

The foreman's name was John McCann
By God, he was a blamed mean man
Last week a premature blast went off
And a mile in the air went big Jim Goff

And when next payday came around
Jim Goff a dollar short was found
When he asked, "What for?" came this reply
"You were docked for the time you were up in the sky"

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11. Mr. S

I'm Mr. S,
And sometimes when I go to sleep,
I'm scared,
So then l sneak across my room,
And find my SUPER SOCKS,
And slip into my SUPER SOCKS,
And suddenly--

I am a supersonic streak in the sky;
"Mr. S to the rescue!" they cry.
"Straight on SUPER SOCKS,
We've got to stop that train;
Save that sinking sailboat from the hurricane."

I'm Mr. S,
And sometimes when they're scolding me,
I smile;
As soon as I can sneak away,
I find my SUPER SOCKS,
And slip into my SUPER SOCKS,
And suddenly --

I am a supersonic streak in the sky,
"Mr. S to the rescue!" they cry.
"Straight on SUPER SOCKS,
There's been a robbery;
Hold it--stop--surrender;
Don't you mess with me!"

SUPER S-O-C-K-S....

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra,
That's no monkey, that's me.

That's my favorite children's song about Indigenous Australians getting screwed over by colonialism!

I have a friend who says they sang the Beatles' "Rocky Raccoon" in PRE-school. That's some stuff.

and we also sang BETH by Kiss.