<P> By contrast, Robin Fox uses the song to make a point about cooking and courtship, and observes that: </P> <P> Feeding has always been closely linked with courtship (...) With humans this works two ways since we are the only animals who cook: the bride is usually appraised for her cooking ability . ("Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy boy, Billy boy?") In some cultures this is far more important than her virginity . </P> <Ul> <Li> Further variants have been recorded, that greatly extend the number of verses and tasks that the wife can perform . An extended version of the song in which the lover performs many tasks besides the cherry pie was collected by Alan Lomax and John Avery Lomax: it appears in American Ballads and Folk Songs . The Lomax version names the woman being courted Betsy Jane . </Li> <Li> the Dale Sisters released a song of the same name in August 1960, billed as "Billy Boy, Billy Boy", on the B - side of their single, "The Kiss", on His Master's Voice but it shares none of the lyrics or the tune of the original (POP 781). </Li> <Li> A version of the song by Jerry Lee Lewis was released on the 1975 album, Rare, Vol. 1 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Further variants have been recorded, that greatly extend the number of verses and tasks that the wife can perform . An extended version of the song in which the lover performs many tasks besides the cherry pie was collected by Alan Lomax and John Avery Lomax: it appears in American Ballads and Folk Songs . The Lomax version names the woman being courted Betsy Jane . </Li>

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