Blue boy, that's what they call me 'Cause I'm so lonely, since I lost you, Blue boy, I'm known as blue boy You've found a new boy, and now we're through.
Chorus: I had a twinkle in my eye When our sweet love was new, Now all I do is moan and cry And hunger after you.
Blue Boy, I'll be a blue boy Until you need me, as I need you.
Chorus: (I had a twinkle in my eye) (When our sweet love was new,) Now all I do is moan and cry And hunger after you.
Blue Boy, I'll be a blue boy Until you need me, as I need you. (Blue boy) As I need you. (Blue boy)...
I hear the sound of distant drums Far away, far away And if they call for me to come Then I must go and you must stay
So Mary marry me, let's not wait Let's share all the time we can before it's too late Love me now for now is all the time there may be If you love me Mary, Mary marry me
I hear the sound of bugles blow Far away, far away And if they call, then I must go Across the sea, so wild and grey.
So Mary marry me, let's not wait For the distant drums might change our wedding date And love me now, for now is all the time there may be If you love me Mary, Mary marry me
Is it really over, is this the end of the line? Don't tell me I'm losing the love that was mine. If you're really leaving, take some part of me. So I'll always remember, how sweet love used to be.
I wonder who's stepping into my shoes, who can he be? I can tell by your eyes our love has died, and it's over for me.
I wonder who's stepping into my shoes, who can he be? I can tell by your eyes our love has died, and it's over for me.
Back about eighteen hundred some A Louisinan couple hade A redheaded son no name suited him the Jim Jack or Joe They just called him Billy Bayou. chourus Billy BillyBayou watch where you go your walking on quicksand walk slow. Billy,Billy Bayou what what you say A pretty girl will get you one of these days.
Bill was big for his size red hair and freckles and big blue eyes thirteen years form the day he was born he fought the battle of the little big horn
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One sad day billy sed cried ho! ho! I can whip the fathers of Geronmino He got smart the cheif got mad this nearly ended our louisiana lad
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one day in eighteen-sevenyeight A pritty girl'll walked up to Bill's front He did'ent know whether to stand or run he wound up marred cose he did eather one
Well, I've been a traveler most of my life Never took a home, never took a wife Ran away young and decided to roam Wanna see my mama and my daddy back home
CHORUS: Home, where the river runs cold The water tastes good, the winters ain't cold Home, where the trees grow tall The home fires burn, the whippoorwills call
I remember stories that my daddy used to tell My eyes would get big, and his chest would swell I could sit for hours and listen with glee As he'd tell of how he lived when he's a boy like me
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Well, mama dear, mama do you still love your boy After all my roamin' can I still bring you joy Mom sent a letter, got it not long ago She said "come home, I'm missin' you so