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Billy Bones

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Singer/Songwriter

Billy Bones was released on January 1, 1999 by Indie as a part of the album Billy Bones and Other Ditties

Song Details

AlbumBilly Bones and Other Ditties

Release DateJanuary 1, 1999

LabelIndie

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Skip Henderson

Songwriter

Lyrics

Good morning to you Billy Bones, Billy Bones

Good morning to you charming Billy

When I last saw your hands they was brown as my own

Now up through white fingers the grasses have grown

And what of this cutlass so carelessly thrown

On the ground, Billy Bones, Billy Bones

Bones, Bones, Bones, Billy Bones

Send him off to Davy Jones

Of rum and gold and wenches bold

You’ve had your last fill Billy Bones

Good morning to you Billy Bones, Billy Bones

Good morning to you charming Billy

That chest that you’re laying on once sailed the salt sea

That’s why you, I, and Flint did agree

To divvy the contents up into three

Gold and jewels, Billy Bones, Billy Bones

Bones, Bones, Bones, Billy Bones

Send him off to Davy Jones

Of rum and gold and wenches bold

You’ve had your last fill Billy Bones

Good morning to you Billy Bones, Billy Bones

Good morning to you charming Billy

You’ve done in many a tar in your day

And sent ‘em off to sleep in the bay

Well looks like turn about’s... fair play!

At least for today, Billy Bones

Bones, Bones, Bones, Billy Bones

Send him off to Davy Jones

Of rum and gold and wenches bold

You’ve had your last fill Billy Bones

Good morning to you Billy Bones, Billy Bones

Good morning to you charming Billy

Now old Flint is dead and that leaves only me

So I’ll shovel your bony arse in the sea

I’ll drink to your health, which you’ll never see

Without eyes, without lips, Billy Bones

Bones, Bones, Bones, Billy Bones

Send him off to Davy Jones

Of rum and gold and wenches bold

You’ve had your last fill Billy Bones

(Again!)

Bones, Bones, Bones, Billy Bones

Send him off to Davy Jones

Of rum and gold and wenches bold

You’ve had your last fill Billy Bones

Written by: Skip Henderson

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