Will Ye Nay Come Back Billy Boy

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Will Ye Nay Come Back Billy Boy with music by Guitavio on Facebook HERE and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas on Facebook HERE.
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Will Ye Nay Come Back Billy Boy is from the album Songs of Love and Loss available to download on i-Tunes HERE on Amazon HERE on Spotify HERE on rdio HERE.
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Will Ye Nay Come Back Billy Boy Lyrics
The sun and moon were on the rise
You were born with stars in your eyes
But you went before your time
They broke the path of the line

The fields are crying
As the mist swings low
The moon is hanging
On the green hills oh

Will ye nay come back Billy Boy?

Highways and byways melt and sweat
The earth shakes and roars with regret
The fat of the land runs dry
And the rains no longer cry

The plough is broken
And the crops don’t grow
The wine tastes bitter
Like vinegar oh
Will ye nay come back Billy Boy?

The bride still awaits your return
The altar starts to smoke and burn
The page is marked in the book
That lies open by the brook

The bells ring on high
And the horns do blow
A distant dove flies
Towards the sun oh

Will ye nay come back Billy Boy?

Paul Robert Thomas