Contemporary: Johnny Be Fair<br>
Johnny Be Fair<br>
© Buffy Ste. Marie<br>
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"Johnny Be Fair" is performed by<br>
Monalee Kendall<br>
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Notes: any names will do, especially if there are<br>
audience members you want to pick on.<br>
Oh Johnny be fair<br>
and Johnny be fine<br>
he wants me for to wed.<br>
And I would marry Johnny<br>
but my father up and said.<br>
"I'm sad to tell you daughter<br>
what your mother never knew.<br>
That Johnny to is a son of mine<br>
and so he's kin to you."<br>
Oh Billy be fair<br>
and Billy be fine. . .<br>
Oh Jimmy be fair<br>
and Jimmy be fine. . .<br>
Well you never seen<br>
a girl so sad and sorry as I was.<br>
The boys in town are all my kin and<br>
my father is the cause.<br>
If life should thus continue<br>
I shall die a single miss<br>
so I go to my mother<br>
and complain to her of this.<br>
Oh daughter didn't I<br>
teach you to forgive and to forget.<br>
Your father might have<br>
sowed his oats but<br>
still you needn't fret.<br>
Your father may be<br>
father to all the boys<br>
in town but still....<br>
He's not the one who sired you<br>
so marry who you will.<br>