Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be?

Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be? is a nursery rhyme.

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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 fairing should please me

And then for a kiss oh he vowed he would tease me

He promised he'd bring me a bunch of blue ribbons

To tie up my bonny brown hair.

And it's 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 pair of sleeve buttons

A pair of new garters that cost him but tuppence

He promised he'd bring me a bunch of blue ribbons

To tie up my bonny brown hair.

And it's 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 he'd bring me a basket of posies

A garland of lilies, a garland of roses

A little straw hat to set off the blue ribbons

That tie up my bonny brown hair.