O dear! What can the matter be?
Language: English
O dear! What can the matter be O dear! What can the matter be O 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, O! he vowed he would tease me, He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons To tie up my bonny brown hair And it's O dear! what can the matter be? O dear! what can the matter be? O 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 garland of roses, A little straw hat to set off the blue ribbons, That tie up my bonny brown hair And it's O dear! what can the matter be.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) ( Mother Goose )  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "O dear! What can the matter be?" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-16
Line count: 17
Word count: 138