Willie Boy
27 november 2011
Tekst en Muziek: Joost Belinfante/Jaap van Beusekom/Ernst Jansz
Willie Boy
when I was in my sixteenth year
sweet Willie courted me
he took me down the Virginia line
his mistress for to be
black as the sky is now my gown
my eyes they shine no more
I hope I’ll die within a year
before my age is twenty-four
In a country town we settled down
we liked the days and loved the nights
the months to come I’d have his son
who lived three days and died
last year spring a starry night
he went to the saloon
he returned dead killed in a fight
the other shot too soon
ref
oh Willie Boy you made me moan
I’m too young
to be alone
Willie Boy you made me moan
I’m too young
to be alone