Oh Dear! What Can The Matter Be (h-m-l)

by Trad. nursery rhyme · posted by WaltP

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OH DEAR! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE h-m-l
Trad. nursery rhyme 
Key: F 
Time: 6/8 

3  3     3    2   4   3   2  1
6  6     6    5   7   6   5  4
9  9     9    8  10   9   8  7
O dear, what can the mat-ter be,  

-2”-2”   -2” -1   2  -2”  2  -1
-5 -5    -5  -4   5  -5   5  -4
-9 -9    -9  -8   8  -9   8  -8
O dear, what can the mat-ter be,  

3  3     3    2   4   3   2  1
6  6     6    5   7   6   5  4
9  9     9    8  10   9   8  7
O dear, what can the mat-ter be?  

 -1    2  -2” 2   -2”-1   1
 -4    5  -5  5   -5 -4   4
 -8    8  -9  8   -9 -8   7
John-ny's so long at the fair. 


3   3    2   -2” 3  2
6   6    5   -5  6  5
9   9    8   -9  9  8
He prom-ised to buy me  

-2”3    2  4    3    2
-5 6    5  7    6    5
-9 9    8  10   9    8
A trin-ket to please me 

 1   -2” -1  2  -2”
 4   -5  -4  5  -5
 7   -9  -8  8  -9
And then for a smile 

-1  2   -2”  -1   2    -2”  2
-4  5   -5   -4   5    -5   5
-8  8   -9   -8   8    -9   8
Oh, he vowed he would tease me 

-1  3    2   -2”  3   2
-4  6    5   -5   6   5
-8  9    8   -9   9   8
He prom-ised to bring me  

-2” 3   2   4    3   2
-5  6   5   7    6   5
-9  9   8   10   9   8
A bunch of blue rib-bons 

1  -1  2  -2” 2  -2”  -1    1
4  -4  5  -5  5  -5   -4    4
7  -8  8  -9  8  -9   -8    7
To tie up my bon-nie brown hair 


3  3     3    2   4   3   2  1
6  6     6    5   7   6   5  4
9  9     9    8  10   9   8  7
O dear, what can the mat-ter be,  

-2”-2”   -2” -1   2  -2”  2  -1
-5 -5    -5  -4   5  -5   5  -4
-9 -9    -9  -8   8  -9   8  -8
O dear, what can the mat-ter be,  

3  3     3    2   4   3   2  1
6  6     6    5   7   6   5  4
9  9     9    8  10   9   8  7
O dear, what can the mat-ter be?  

 -1    2  -2” 2   -2”-1   1
 -4    5  -5  5   -5 -4   4
 -8    8  -9  8   -9 -8   7
John-ny's so long at the fair. 


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

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