Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Johnny Be Fair 
Johnny Be Fair (Buffy Ste. Marie) 
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 
from the singing of Buffy Ste. Marie. See also version of Shame and Scandal. Recorded by Ste. Marie- Many a Mile, Odetta SOF