Intro: Am  G  E  Am  E  Am 


[Verso 1]
 
      Am                                    G               Am 
Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed 
                                 G             E 
And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said 
    Am                                 G            E 
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew 
    A           G               F       E      A 
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you 

Am  G  F  E  Am 


[Verso 2]
 
      Am                                  G               Am 
Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed 
                                G             E 
And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said 
    Am                                 G            E 
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew 
    A                G               F       E      A 
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you 

Am  G  F  E  Am 


[Verso 3]

      Am                                  G               Am 
Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed 
                                G             E 
And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said 
    Am                                 G            E 
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew 
    A                G               F       E      A 
But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you 

Am  G  F  E 


[Verso 4]

    Am                           G          Am 
You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was 
                                       G             E 
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the cause 
   Am                                G            E 
If life should thus continue I shall die a single miss 
     A              G             F        E      A 
And, so, I'll go to mother and complain to her of this 

      Am  G  F  E  Am 
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[Verso 5]
 
   Am                                   G              Am 
Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget 
                                          G                 E 
And, if your father sewed his oats, well, still you needn't fret 
     Am                              G                E 
Your father may be father to all the boys in town and still 
     A               G             F     E        A 
He's not the one who sired you, so marry whom you will