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 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 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. 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SAND FLESH AND SKY by CLARENCE MAJOR THE MOUNTAIN WHIPPOORWILL (A GEORGIA ROMANCE) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON GOING UNNOTICED by ROBERT FROST THE HEART'S RETURN by EDWIN MARKHAM GOD AND MY COUNTRY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |