| "Johnny be fine and Johnny be fair; he wants me for to wed.
I would marrry Johnny but me father up and said,
'Let me tell you, daughter, what your mother never knew:
Johnny is a son of mine and so is kin to you.'"
"William be fine and William be fair; he wants me for to wed.
I would marry William, but me father up and said,
'Let me tell you, daughter, what your mother never knew:
William is a son of mine and so is kin to you.'"
"Danny be fine and Danny be fair; he wants me for to wed.
I would marry Danny, but me father up and said,
'Let me tell you, daughter, what your mother never knew:
Danny is a son of mine and so is kin to you.'"
"Never did you see a lass as sorry as I was:
All the lads in town me kin and Father was the cause.
If things should go along this way, I'll die a single miss.
I think I'll go to Mother and complain to her of this!"
"'Haven't I taught you, daughter, to forgive and to forget?
Your father sowed his oats, 'tis true, but still there is this yet:
Your father may be father to all the lads, but still:
He's not the man who sired you, so marry who you will!'"
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