| Song Name: | Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be? | By: | Trad. folk |
| Posted By: | waltp | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | F | Genre: | Folk |
| Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
| Created: | 2017-01-29 11:35:55 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | OH, DEAR! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
Trad. folk Key: F Time: 6/8 4 4 4 -3 -6 5 -3 -2 Oh dear, what can the mat-ter be, -3* -3* -3* 3 -3 -3* -3 3 Dear dear, what can the mat-ter be, 4 4 4 -3 -6 5 -3 -2 Oh dear, what can the mat-ter be? 3 -3 -3* -3 -3* 3 -2 John-ny's so long at the fair. 4 4 -3 -3* 4 -3 He prom-ised to buy me -3* 4 -3 -6 5 -3 A trin-ket to please me -2 -3* 3 -3 -3* And then for a smile 3 -3 -3* 3 -3 -3* -3 Oh, he vowed he would tease me 3 4 -3 -3* 4 -3 He prom-ised to buy me -3* 4 -3 -6 5 -3 a bunch of blue rib-bons -2 3 -3 -3* -3 -3* 3 -2 to tie up my bon-nie blue hair verse 2: he'll buy me a twopenny whistle he'll buy me a threepenny fair to tye up my bonny brown hair verse 3: O saw ye him coming and saw ye him coming O saw ye him coming' hame frae the Newcastle fair |
