Rhythm changes to match verse syllables.
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- Grade: First
- Origin: United States of America - Traditional
- Key: D Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ti ti (ta) |
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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
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"Billy Boy"
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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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