Intro: Am G E Am E Am
Verso 1:
Am G Am
Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed
G E
And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said
Am G E
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
A G F E A
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
Am G F E Am
Verso 2:
Am G Am
Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed
G E
And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said
Am G E
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
A G F E A
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
Am G F E Am
Verso 3:
Am G Am
Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed
G E
And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said
Am G E
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
A G F E A
But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
Am G F E
Verso 4:
Am G Am
You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was
G E
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the cause
Am G E
If life should thus continue I shall die a single miss
A G F E A
And, so, I'll go to mother and complain to her of this
Am G F E Am
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Verso 5:
Am G Am
Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget
G E
And, if your father sewed his oats, well, still you needn't fret
Am G E
Your father may be father to all the boys in town and still
A G F E A
He's not the one who sired you, so marry whom you will