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Willy is a silly boy, / Willy is a cad.
Willy is a foolish kid, / Sense he never had.
Yet all the girls like Willy --
Why I cannot see --
He even took my best girl / Right away from me.
I asked him did he want to fight, / But all he did was grin / And answer, "Don't be guilty / Of such a brutal sin."
Oh, Willy's sure a silly boy, / He really is a cad, / Because he took the only girl / That I 'most ever had.
Her hair's so long and pretty / And her eyes are very gay;
I guess that she likes Willy / 'Cause he's handsome, too, they say.
But for me, he's not good looking;
And he sure has made me mad, / 'Cause he went and took the only girl / That I 'most ever had.