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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 buy me a fairing should please me,

And then for a kiss, oh! he vowed he would 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 of posies,

A garland of lilies, a garland of roses,

A little straw hat, to set off the blue ribbons

That 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.

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I'd oft heard tell of this Sledburn fair,

And fain I would gan thither,

'Twere in the prime of summer-time,

In fine and pleasant weather;

My Dad and Mam they did agree

That Nell and I should gae

See for to view this Sledburn fair,