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Ol dear what can the matter be.
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O. dear what can the matter "be
Dear! dear! what can the matter be
Oi dear what can the matter be
Johnnys fae lahg at the fair.
He prom is d to buy. me a pair of fleave buttons
A pair of new garters that cofVhim hut two pence
He promises he'd bring me & bunch of blue ribbons
To tye up my bonny brown hair.
Oi dear what can the matter be
Dearl dear! what can the matter be
Oi dear what can tie matter be
Johnnys fae lang at the fair.
He promis'd he'd bring me a bafket of pcfies
A garland of lilies a garland of rcfes
A little ftraw hat to fet off the blue ribbons
To tye up my bor.nj brown hair.
Ol dear what can the matter be.
-N — — - &
m^m.
*-^ „• matter be dear! what can the matter be Johnny's fae lang at the
He promisd he'd buy me a fairing fhduld pleafe me and
y^^ j ^u^ E^
*/ . then, for a kifs Oi he vowel he would tea/e me he promise! he'd
#lPi
^^
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p^J-^lf*
bring me a bunch of blue ribbons to tie up my bonny brown hair
P^P
2E3E
i
O. dear what can the matter "be
Dear! dear! what can the matter be
Oi dear what can the matter be
Johnnys fae lahg at the fair.
He prom is d to buy. me a pair of fleave buttons
A pair of new garters that cofVhim hut two pence
He promises he'd bring me & bunch of blue ribbons
To tye up my bonny brown hair.
Oi dear what can the matter be
Dearl dear! what can the matter be
Oi dear what can tie matter be
Johnnys fae lang at the fair.
He promis'd he'd bring me a bafket of pcfies
A garland of lilies a garland of rcfes
A little ftraw hat to fet off the blue ribbons
To tye up my bor.nj brown hair.
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volumes 5-6 > (108) Page 510 - O! dear what can the matter be |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94548464 |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.43 |
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| Description | Consisting of six hundred Scots songs with proper basses for the piano forte. Humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr. June 1771. By James Johnson. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.41-43 |
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| Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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