Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter be?
1.
Oh, dear! what can the matter be?
Dear, dear, what can the matter be?
Oh, dear! what can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair...
He promised to buy me a trinket
to please me,
An then for a smile,
O, he vowed he would tease me,
He promised to bring me a
bunch of blue ribbons
To tie up my bonnie brown hair.
2.
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Dear dear, what can the matter be?
Oh, dear! What can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair...
He promised to bring me a
basket of posies,
A garland of lilies,
A gift of red roses
A little straw hat to set off
the blue ribbons
That tie up my bonnie brown hair.