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MY BOY BILLY

GO SLOW BILLY BOY I HAVEN'T MY LEGS I'M TIRED FROM THE SWIMMING AND I CAN'T STEER MY HEAD YOUR WIFE WILL WAIT FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES SO GO SLOW BILLY BOY GO SLOW IF I WAS A KIND MAN I WOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME I WOULD HAVE KEPT THE DOOR SHUT I WOULD HAVE HUNG UP MY COAT BUT OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND OUT IN THE TOWN WELL I LOVE TO GET LOST AND I LOVE TO GET FOUND WE CAN BLAME IT ON THE WEATHER WE CAN BLAME IT ON THE SNOW WE CAN SAY IT WAS THE BLACK ICE THAT MADE US GO SLOW WE CAN LIE TIL THE COWS COME A-STUMBLING HOME BUT IT IS MY FAULT ALONE AND ALONE SO I MIX SAND WITH WATER AND IN GO THE FEET ARMS TIED DOWN AND SHACKLED TO KNEES GO TURN UP THE RADIO GO TURN UP THE SONG COME AND FIND ME WHEN ALL THIS IS DONE THE HILLS WILL BE TALL WHENEVER WE ARRIVE AND THE GREY LAKE DEEP AND WET AND WIDE SO DON'T GIVE UP THE GHOST DON'T YOU GIVE UP AND CROAK KEEP IT UP ABOVE AND ON TOP I DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH AND I DON'T TRUST MY FRIENDS AND I'M NOT LOOKING UP AS ALL THIS ENDS NOT MUCH TO SAVE THERE IS NOT MUCH TO SAVE SOMETHING TO BURN AND SOMETHING TO BAKE IF YOU MEET MRS JAMES AT THE GENERAL STORE TELL HER GOOD DAY BUT TELL NOTHING MORE DON'T SAY THAT I MISS HER AND WISH SHE WERE MINE DON'T TELL HER IT ALL BILLY BOY

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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