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[Verse 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

[Verse 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

[Verse 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

[Verse 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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[Verse 5]
   Am                                   G              Am
Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget
                                          G                 E
And, if your father sowed 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