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