Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be

Johnny, hurry home, hurry hurry home, Johnny, hurry home to me. Johnny, hurry home, hurry home, Where can Johnny be? Oh... Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be? Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Johnny, so long at the fair. He promised to buy me a trinket to please me, And then, for a kiss, he vowed he would tease me. He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons To tie up my bonny brown hair. Oh... Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be? Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Johnny, so long at the fair. Oh... Oh, 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 bonnie brown hair. A little straw hat to set off the blue ribbons That tie up my bonnie brown hair. Oh... Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be? Oh, dear, where can my Johnny be? Johnny, come home. Johnny, hurry home. Johnny... Hurry hurry home to me. Hurry home.