buffy sainte-marie
johnny be fair
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