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...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...

...through music bring together all who sing the Ode to Joy. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? Bb C7_ [l F 2F 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. 1. He promised he'd buy me a beautiful...

...bag, tears off a long strip, and tapes his mouth. Each line an emphatic action as she pulls out tape.) "Oh — dear — what can the matter be ... dear — dear — what can the matter be ... Oh dear — what can the matter be ... (His mouth is taped; still singing:) Johnny — So Long."...

...forced upon us by the liquor traffic."13 6 One California farmer expressed his opposition in verse: Oh, dear, what can the matter be, Dear, dear, what can the matter be, Oh, dear, what can the matter be, That causes taxpayers to swear? The candidates promise reduction...

...Rhymes, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1951; reprinted Bath, 1992, pp. 248-50.The Opies record the chorus as: O dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be? O dear, what can the matter be? Johnny's so long at the fair. 34 Sydney Monitor, 26 October 1831, p....

...William. Thine Affectionate Nunncle, Obediah Broadbrim CRUSTY. 1830.29 1K266a] BILLY MILLER'S LAMENT. Oh dear! What can the matter be? Dear! Dear! what can the matter be? My spirits are sinking, my friends have deceived me, I wish I had never come here! They told me that...

...room. BETH is asleep, with MARMEE now watching over her, singing to her softly as bells fade.) MARMEE. Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be? Oh, dear, what can the matter be, Johnny's so late at the fair. He promised to bring me ... (JO enters...

...blue ribbons; He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons, To bind 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. Theme Connections Sounds of Language...

...prevent her prov'd vain, Tho' I told her the grass would be damp! Dear! dear! what can the matter be? O dear! what can the matter be? Dear! dear! what can the matter be? KITTY would uve in the Camp! At night-fall, returning I met my fair Queen, Her head bore a helmet she...