| "The Ballad of Billy and Lily" | |
| Once there was a little man They called him River Rat Billy He liked the docks And gulls in flocks People thought him very silly Once there was a little gal They called her loopy Lily Lou She lived on a boat That couldn't float People thought her silly, too River Rat Bill met Loopy Lil And they were never apart They both liked ships And morning dips Even though it left them with a chill Doodley doodle de doo... Billy said they should sail away Out to the deep blue sea Lil agreed So they decreed On the sea, on the sea they would be They gathered twigs and some twine Tied old clothes into a sail And when the wind Blew round the bend They left never to be seen again. Some folks say the wind that blew Took them to a land of gold Others think Their raft did sink But no one really knows, I'm told [Chorus] | |