Oh Janni Be Fair

Oh Janni be fair, and Janni be fine, he wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Janni, but my father up and said.
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew.
That Janni too is a son of mine and so he's kin to you.

Oh Rory be fair, and Rory be fine, he wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Rory, but my father up and said.
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew.
That Rory too is a son of mine and so he's kin to you.

Oh Kenji be fair, and Kenji be fine, he wants me for to wed.
And I would marry Kenji, but my father up and said.
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew.
That Kenji too is a son of mine and so he's kin to you.

Well 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 cause.
If life should thus continue I shall die a single miss,
so I go to my mother and complain to her of this.

Oh daughter didn't I teach you to forgive and to forget.
Your father might have sowed his oats but still you needn't fret.
Your father may be father to all the boys in town - but still....
He's not the one who sired you so marry who you will.

By Buffy Ste. Marie

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