6 6 6 5 7 6 5 4 -5 -5 -5 O dear, what can the matter be, O dear, what -4 5 -5 5 -4 6 6 6 5 7 6 5 can the matter be, O dear, what can the matter 4 -4 5 -5 5 -5 -4 4 be? Johnnie's so long at the fair. verse 2: he'll buy me a twopenny whistle he'll buy me a threepenny fair he'll buy me a bunch o' blue ribbons 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