Oh, Dear!  What Can The Matter Be?

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

CHORUS:

C

Oh, dear! What can the matter be?

G7

Dear, dear! What can the matter be?

C

Oh, dear! What can the matter be?

Dm          G7          C

Johnny's so long at the fair.

 

   C             G7       C

He promised he'd buy me a gift that would please me,

    Dm                      G7

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

   C             G7       C

He promised he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,

   Dm        C      G7    C

To tie up my bonnie brown hair.

 

CHORUS:

 

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 bonnie brown hair.

 

CHORUS:

 




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