Billy Boy -

Rhythm changes to match verse syllables.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: United States of America – Traditional
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ti ti (ta) |
| ta_ ti/ ri | | ti ti ti ti | (ta) ti ti | ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do – structured around the fifth (So) of the major scale
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\Mi, Do\So, Do\La, So\Mi, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Ti/Re
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, fermata, tied notes, vocal slur
Key Words: bid, bade, charming, cherry pie, courting, dimple, chin, quick’s (quick as), three, six, seven, twenty-eight, eleven, learning numbers, young, mother, wink, eye, cat

**“Billy Boy”**

		1.	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 joy of my life, She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

		2.	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, There’s a dimple in her chin, She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

		3.	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’s a cat can wink her eye, She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

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

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