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Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?
Old English Folk Song
 Chorus:
C G7 C -
G7 F G -
C G7 C -
Dm G7 C -
 Verse:
C - - -
G7 - - -
C - - C7
Dm G7 C -           (repeat)
12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
This song is in 3/4 waltz time.
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Chorus:
Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair.
 
Verse:
He promised to buy me a trinket to please me,
And then for a smile o' he vowed he would tease me,
He promised to bring me a bunch of blue ribbons,
To tie up my bonny brown hair.

He promised to buy me a basket of posies,
A garland of lilies, a gift of red roses,
A little straw hat to set off the blue ribbons,
That tie up my bonny brown hair.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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