Lyrics:

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 is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

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

Well, Paddy be fair and Paddy be fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Paddy, but my father up and said
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
But Paddy, 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