And I would marry Johnny but me father up and said,
"I hate to tell you something that your mother never knew,
But Johnny is a son of mine and so is kin to you."
Well, Billy be fair...(repeat verse with Billy)
Well, Charlie be fair...
You never saw a girl so sad and sorry as I was
The boys in town were all me kin and me father was the cause
If life should so continue, I'd die a single miss
So I think I'll go to Mother and complain to her of this
"Now daughter, I have taught you to forgive and to forget
And if your father sowed his oats, still you needn't fret
He may be father tp all the boys in town, but still:
He's not the one you sired you, so marry who you will!"
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