Johnny Be Fair
LilaMills... -
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- 2 months ago
Well, Johnny's SUPPOSED to be the first lad, but I screwed that one up. Enjoy! And Happy Birthday!
Many thanks to Lili, George, Andrew, and Peter!
Lyrics (as they're meant to be):
Oh Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Johnny but me father up and said
I'm sorry to tell you daughter, what your mother never knew,
But Johnny is a son of mine and so is kin to you.
Oh Thomas be fair and Thomas be fine and wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Thomas but me father up and said
I'm sorry to tell you daughter, what your mother never knew,
But Thomas is a son of mine and so is kin to you.
Oh Daniel be fair and Daniel be fine and wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Daniel but me father up and said
I'm sorry to tell you daughter, what your mother never knew,
But Daniel is a son of mine and so is kin to you.
O you never saw a maid so sad and sorry as I was.
The lads in town are all my kin and me father is the cause.
If life should thus continue I should die a single miss
I think I'll go to mother and complain to her of this.
O daughter didn't I tell you to forgive and to forget?
Your father sowed his wild oats, but still you need not fret
Your father may be father to all the lads but still
He's not the one who sired you so marry who you will.
Many thanks to Lili, George, Andrew, and Peter!
Lyrics (as they're meant to be):
Oh Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Johnny but me father up and said
I'm sorry to tell you daughter, what your mother never knew,
But Johnny is a son of mine and so is kin to you.
Oh Thomas be fair and Thomas be fine and wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Thomas but me father up and said
I'm sorry to tell you daughter, what your mother never knew,
But Thomas is a son of mine and so is kin to you.
Oh Daniel be fair and Daniel be fine and wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Daniel but me father up and said
I'm sorry to tell you daughter, what your mother never knew,
But Daniel is a son of mine and so is kin to you.
O you never saw a maid so sad and sorry as I was.
The lads in town are all my kin and me father is the cause.
If life should thus continue I should die a single miss
I think I'll go to mother and complain to her of this.
O daughter didn't I tell you to forgive and to forget?
Your father sowed his wild oats, but still you need not fret
Your father may be father to all the lads but still
He's not the one who sired you so marry who you will.
f1OoVyEviCE






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