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Johnny Be Fair - Live
Words and music copyright (c) 1965 by Gypsy Boy Music

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Oh Johnny be fair and Johnny be good
And he wants me for to wed
And I would have married Johnny
But me father up and said,
“I hate to tell you, daughter,
What your mother never knew
But, Johnny is a son of mine
And so he’s kin to you.”

Oh Billy be fair and Billy be good
And he wants me for to wed
And I would have married Billy
But me father up and said,
“I hate to tell you, daughter,
What your mother never knew
But, Billy is a son of mine
And so he’s kin to you.”

Oh Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be good
And he wants me for to wed
And I would have married Jimmy
But me father up and said,
“I hate to tell you, daughter,
What your mother never knew
But, Jimmy is a son of mine
And so he’s kin to you.”

Instrumental

Oh I went down to me mother
And I hung me head in shame
I had every boy in the village
And I couldn’t change me name
My mother said, “If he knew it,
Then he surely would me kill.
But, your father’s not your father
So marry whom you will.”

Instrumental

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from Where the Wild Birds Do Whistle 1997, released May 9, 1997
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, banjo
Elwood Donnelly: vocals
Noah Donnelly: bodhran
Lisa Schmit: guitar

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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