Johnny Be Fair

from Health to the Company by Liam O'Brien, traitor to the revolution

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Well, Johnny be fine and Johnny be fair he wants me for to wed
And I would have married Johnny, but me father up and said,
“I hate to tell you daughter, for your mother never knew
But Johnny he’s a son of mine, and so he’s kin to you.”

Well, Willie be fine and Willie be fair he wants me for to wed
And I would have married Willie, but me father up and said,
“I hate to tell you daughter, for your mother never knew
But Willie he’s a son of mine, and so he’s kin to you.”

Well, Jimmy be fine and Jimmy be fair he wants me for to wed
And I would have married Jimmy, but my father up and said,
“I hate to tell you daughter, for your mother never knew
But Jimmy he’s a son of mine, and so he’s kin to you.”

You never saw a girl so sad or sorry as I was,
The boys in town are all my kin and father is the cause;
If life should thus continue, I shall die a single miss;
I think I'll go to mother and complain to her of this.

“Ah, daughter, haven’t I taught you to forgive and to forget?
And if your father sowed his oats, well still you need not fret:
Your father may be cause of all the boys in town, but still,
Your father’s not your father, so marry who you will.”

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Original song by Buffy Ste. Marie

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from Health to the Company, released March 18, 2014

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