{"id":9442,"date":"2022-04-01T05:36:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9442"},"modified":"2022-04-01T05:36:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:36:07","slug":"billy-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9442","title":{"rendered":"Billy Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Billy_Boy.png\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Billy_Boy.mp3\"><br \/>\nBilly Boy &#8211; Click To Play  <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\nThe terms &#8220;Hillbilly&#8221; and &#8220;Red Neck&#8221; both originated during the Battle of the Boyne. England&#8217;s Dutch born King William III was known to his Protestant Irish followers as &#8220;Billy Boy&#8221; and his followers were called &#8220;Hill billys&#8221; and &#8220;Red Necks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a bit of irony in the last verse where Billy Boy is asked about the age of his fianc\u00e9e. He states that she is &#8220;Three times six and four times seven, twenty-eight and eleven,&#8221; which adds up to 85, hardly a young thing!<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<br \/>\n[D] Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,<br \/>\nOh, where have you been, charming [A7] Billy?<br \/>\nI have been to seek a wife, she&#8217;s the [D] joy of my life,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s a young thing and [A7] cannot leave her [D] mother.<\/p>\n<p>Did she ask you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,<br \/>\nDid she ask you to come in, charming Billy?<br \/>\nYes, she asked me to come in, there&#8217;s a dimple in her chin.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Did she set for you a chair, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,<br \/>\ndid she set for you a chair,Charming Billy.<br \/>\nYes, she set for me a chair, there are ringlets in her hair,<br \/>\nshe&#8217;s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,<br \/>\nCan she make a cherry pie, charming Billy?<br \/>\nShe can make a cherry pie, quick as a cat can wink an eye,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n<p>How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,<br \/>\nHow old is she, charming Billy?<br \/>\nThree times six and four times seven, twenty-eight and eleven,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Billy Boy &#8211; Click To Play The terms &#8220;Hillbilly&#8221; and &#8220;Red Neck&#8221; both originated during the Battle of the Boyne. England&#8217;s Dutch born King William III was known to his Protestant Irish followers as &#8220;Billy Boy&#8221; and his followers were called &#8220;Hill billys&#8221; and &#8220;Red Necks.&#8221; There&#8217;s a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9442\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Billy Boy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irishbritish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9442"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9447,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9442\/revisions\/9447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}