Debra Cowan - Johnny Be Fair (trad) Lyrics
O Johnny be fair and Johnny be goodAnd he wants me for to wedAnd I would have married JohnnyBut me father up and saidI hate to tell you daughter,But your mother never knewThat Johnny he’s a son of mineAnd so is kin to youO, Willie be fair and Willie be goodAnd he wants me for to wedAnd I would have married WillieBut me father up and saidI hate to tell you daughter,But your mother never knewThat Willie he’s a son of mineAnd so is kin to youJimmy be fair and Jimmy be goodAnd he wants me for to wedAnd I would have married JimmyBut me father up and saidI hate to tell you daughter,But your mother never knewThat Jimmy he’s a son of mineAnd so is kin to youSo I went home to me motherAnd I hung me head in shameOf all the lads in the village,I couldn’t change me nameMy mother said “If your father knew,It’s me he’d surely killFor your father’s not your father,So marry whom you will”