Johnny Be Fair

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Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed
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And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said
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I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
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But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
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Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed
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And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said
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I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
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But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
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Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed
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And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said
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I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
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But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
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You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was
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The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the cause
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If life should thus continue I shall die a single miss
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And, so, I'll go to mother and complain to her of this
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Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget
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And, if your father sowed his oats, well, still you needn't fret
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Your father may be father to all the boys in town and still
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He's not the one who sired you, so marry whom you will

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