Johnny Be Fair lyrics

Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said
I`m sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he`s kin to you

Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said
I`m sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he`s kin to you

Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said
I`m sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he`s kin to you

You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the pa
If this continue I shall die a single miss
So I`ll go to mother and complain to her of this

Oh daughter, haven`t I taught you to forgive and to forget
Even if this all is true, still you needn`t fret
Your father may be father to all the boys in town, still
He`s not the one who sired you, so marry who you will