What Can the Matter Be!

O DEAR! what can the matter be! Dear! dear! what can the matter be! Johnny's so long at the fair; He promis'd to buy me a pair of blue stockings, A pair of new garters which cost but two pence, He promis'd he'd bring me a bunch of blue ribbons To tie up my bonny brown hair.

O dear! what can the matter be! Dear! dear! what can the matter be! O dear! what can the matter be! Johnny's so long at the fair! He promis'd to bring me a basket of posies, A garland of lillies, a garland of roses, A little straw hat set off whith blue ribbons, To tie up my bonny brown hair.

O dear! see how he's running, Dear! dear! see he is coming, O dear! see how he's running, Johnny's return'd from the fair: He has brought me a delicate basket of posies, A garland of lillies, a garland of roses, A little straw hat to set off with blue ribbons, To tie up my bonny brown hair.