Oh Dear, what can the matter be? 
CHORUS 
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 buy me a trinket to please me. 
And then for a smile, oh, he vowed he would tease me. 
He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons to tie up my bonny brown hair.