Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Johnny Be Fair, artist - Buffy Sainte-Marie. Album song The Best Of, Vol. Ii, in the genre Date of issue: 31.12.2005
Record label: Vanguard
Song language: English
Johnny Be Fair |
| Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed |
| And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said |
| I’m sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew |
| But Johnny is a son of mine and so he’s kin to you |
| Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed |
| And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said |
| I’m sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew |
| But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he’s kin to you |
| Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed |
| And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said |
| I’m sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew |
| But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he’s kin to you |
| You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was |
| The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the pa |
| If this continue I shall die a single miss |
| So I’ll go to mother and complain to her of this |
| Oh daughter, haven’t I taught you to forgive and to forget |
| Even if this all is true, still you needn’t fret |
| Your father may be father to all the boys in town, still |
| He’s not the one who sired you, so marry who you will |