Billy McCoy Song Lyrics and Chords by Jim Ed Brown
Billy McCoy
Recorded by Jim Ed and The Browns
Written by Melvin Schmidt
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Where is my Billy my
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Billy
McCoy
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Where is the boy of my
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dreams
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Singing this song as the
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boat rolls along
Heading for
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ole New Or
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leans
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huh
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Heading for
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ole New Or
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leans
I once had a lover named
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Billy
Mc
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Coy
He lived by the
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river's big
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bend
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warm summer day Billy
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wandered
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way
He's gone but our
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love didn't
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end
They say he went down where the
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riverboats
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dock
With nary a
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cent in his
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jeans
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barefooted lad who could
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sing round the
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clock
And wanted to
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see New Or
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leans
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He took his guitar and he
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sang very
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well
A riverboat
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crew heard him
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there
They
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took him aboard on the
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Big Dixie
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To sing for his
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dinner and
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fare
I pray every night that he
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misses me
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so
And after he
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sees New Or
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leans
He'll
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sing his way home for he
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loves me I
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know
My barefooted
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boy in blue
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jeans
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Billy McCoy?
- The song Billy McCoy was sang by Jim Ed Brown.
Who is Jim Ed Brown?
- James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 - June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the Country Music Greats Radio Show, a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.
