Help - Song from the 1970's

Thread: Help - Song from the 1970's

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  1. Chookyboy said:

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    There is a song I am trying to identify which i first heard in the early 70's. I don't know the name of the song or who sang it but some of the words I can remeber are "hey billy what you doing today"
    I know its not much to go on but any assistance in identifying the song is appriciated
     
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    could it be Blossom Toes- Billy Boo the Gunman they released their album in 1967. the lyrics are not exactly the same but similar in a way...

    Billy Boo the Gunman

    Hey billy blue boy where did you come from
    Hey billy blue boy where did you go so wrong
    Do you remember when you were young and
    Full of dreams
    Well how do you feel now
    You are just a machine
    Billy Boo, Billy Boo
    Hey Billy blue you make me cry
    You make me sigh
    You're a gunman on the right
    Side of the law
    What do you do when someone comes
    To you and says why
    Pow, pow, pow, pow
    Band, bang, bang, bang
    Boo, boo, boo, boo
    We're in the dark, man We gotta help each other
    Whoa, black, white or red man
    You are my brother
    Your little sister she was so
    Young and full of dreams
    So why do you shoot her when
    She begins to scream
    Billy Boo, Billy Boo
    Hey Billy blue you make me cry
    You make me sigh
    You're a gunman on the right
    Side of the law
    What do you do when someone comes
    To you and says why
    Pow, pow, pow, pow
    Band, bang, bang, bang
    Boo, boo, boo, boo
    Billy blue riding through the land with
    A nightstick in your hand
    Billy Boo you won't get far in your big
    Blue squad car
    'Cause Billy Boo's a gunman
    Billy Boo's a gunman, Billy Boo's a gunman
    (repeat 10 times)
    Hey there cowboy where did you go wrong
    Hey Billy blue boy where do you come from
    Billy blue, Billy Boo
    Your little sister she was so young
    and full of dreams
    So why do you shoot her, why do you shoot her
    Why do you shoot her when she begins to scream
    Why do you shoot her, yeah now
     
  3. Chookyboy said:

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    Thanks for the reply Ckay, but unfortunately it is not the one.
     
  4. Grendl2000 said:

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    Perhaps "Which Way You Going, Billy?" by the Poppy Family? Again not an exact lyric match, but it asks Billy a question ...

    Which way you goin' Billy?
    Can I go too?
    Which way you goin' Billy?
    Can I go with you?

    I really love you, Billy
    And all this time
    I thought you loved me, Billy
    And you were mine

    I'm gonna miss you, Billy
    And though I'm trying
    I'm hurting so bad, Billy
    I can't help crying

    You are my whole, babe
    My heart and my soul, babe
    I'd have nothing to show, babe
    If you should go away

    You are my whole, babe
    My heart and my soul, babe.
    I'd have nothing to show, babe
    If you should go

    Which way you going, Billy?
    Or need I ask?
    Cause you don't want me, Billy
    You're free at last

    I won't forget you, Billy
    For all my life
    I'll always love you, Billy
    I'll stay your wife

    You are my whole, babe
    My heart and my soul, babe
    I'd have nothing to show, babe
    If you should go away
     
  5. Chookyboy said:

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    Thanks Grendl2000 but no that's not it either.
     
  6. ooolooky said:

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    Hey chooky
    Its an aussie song by stuart and mckay and 1 of my very favourites
    Hey Billy what you doing todayyyyyy
    Build bombs 24 hrs a dayyyyy
    Does it pay very well
    Does the bossman five you help...hey hey hey
    I have the lyrics and the 24 here if you want them and have spoken to my local radio station about realease of this song...its coming