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- First line: Oh dear! what can the matter be?
- Roud no: 1279 | Journal | Text
- Perrow, Journal of American Folklore 28 (1915) p.169
- Brown, Mrs. | Mississippi
- First line: O dear what can the matter be?
- Roud no: 1279 | Sound recording | Audio
- Edith Fowke Coll. (FO 67)
- Tilden, Lamont | Toronto
- First line: O dear, what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text; Music
- Fowke, Ring Around the Moon p.126
- Tilden, Lamont | Harriston
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear, what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Manuscript | Text
- Alfred Williams MSS No.Ox.213 (Bathe/Clissold Index)
- Tanner, Charles | Bampton
- URL link
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text; Music
- Creighton, Folksongs from Southern New Brunswick p.179
- Dornan, Angelo | Elgin
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear, what can the matter be?
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Frag. Text
- Williams, Folk Songs of the Upper Thames (1923) p.201
- Tanner, Charles | Bampton
- Image attached
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh, dear! What can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Songster | Text
- 'The Aquarium Songster' (Sabine Baring-Gould Popular Literature Collection) (SBG/4/2/5/9/101)
- W.S.Fortey (London) | England : London
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OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear! what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text; Music
- Old Favourites, Reprinted from the Family Herald and Weekly Star 1898 (Montreal) p.22
- URL link
- First line: O what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Manuscript | Text
- Clark, The Mansfield Manuscript (2015) pp.41-42
- St. Clair, Elizabeth | Edinburgh
- First line: He promised he'd buy me a basket of posies
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text
- Kane, Songs & Sayings of an Ulster Childhood (1983) p.103
- Kane, Alice | Toronto
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: He promised to buy me a trinket to please me
- Roud no: 1279 | Sound recording | Audio
- Helen Creighton collection (Nova Scotia Archives) AR 5770 / AC 2360 & 2546 / 2876
- Dornan, Angelo | Elgin
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear! what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text; Music
- Moffat & Kidson, English Songs of the Georgian Period (1911) p.212
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- First line: Oh dear what can the better be
- Roud no: 1279 | Manuscript | Text
- James Madison Carpenter MSS Collection (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress / VWML, London) p.10770 / JMC/1/7/1/D, p. 10770
- Bunting, Thomas | Sherborne
- URL link
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear! what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text
- Cole, The Thousand Best Songs in the World (1892?) p.36
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Sound recording | Audio
- Jim Ward collection
- Hall, Gordon | Horsham
- Soundfile attached
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Sound recording | Audio
- Jim Ward collection
- Hall, Gordon | Horsham
- URL link
JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET
- First line: Johnny shall have a new bonnet
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text
- Halliwell, Nursery Rhymes & Nursery Tales of England (5th edn. c1870) p.38
- England
JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET
- First line: Johnny shall have a new bonnet
- Roud no: 1279 | Sound recording | Audio; Text
- Ozark Folksong Collection (Univ. of Arkansas) reel 373 item 10
- LeRoy, Charles | Fort Smith
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OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Manuscript | Text
- Virginia Folklore Society Collection (Univ. Virginia, Charlotteville)
- Hench, Mrs. Virginia M. | Charlottesville
- First line: Oh Joe what is the matter
- Roud no: 1279 | Manuscript | Text
- Virginia Folklore Society Collection (Univ. Virginia, Charlotteville)
- Tisterman, Miss Helen | Montgomery County
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Manuscript | Text
- Virginia Folklore Society Collection (Univ. Virginia, Charlotteville)
- Duval, Miss Maria P. | Staunton
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Sound recording | Audio
- Virginia Folklore Society Collection (Univ. Virginia, Charlotteville)
- Carter, Mrs. Margaret Michie | Charlottesville
- URL link
JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET
- First line: Johnny shall have a new bonnet
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text
- Mother Goose's Melodies (Boston, 1833 / 1970 reprint) p.32
- Munroe & Francis (Boston) (1833) | USA : Boston
- First line: O dear! what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside | Text
- National Library of Scotland website: 'English Ballads' (http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74472158)
- Laurie & Whittle (London) (17 May 179-) No.335 | England : London
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- First line: He promis'd he'd buy me a fairing should please me
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside | Text
- Bodleian Library Broadside Ballad Collections: Firth b.25(103/104)
- Catnach, J. (London) | England : London
- URL link
OH DEAR! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
- First line: Dear, dear, what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside | Text
- Bodleian Library Broadside Ballad Collections: Harding B 11(2742)
- Such, H. (London) | England : London
- URL link
OH! DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Dear, dear, what can the matter be?
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside | Text
- Bodleian Library Broadside Ballad Collections: Harding B 11(2743)
- Such, H. (London) | England : London
- URL link
OH DEAR! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
- First line: Dear dear! what can the matter be?
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside | Text
- Bodleian Library Broadside Ballad Collections: Harding B 11(2744)
- Such, H. (London) | England : London
- URL link
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Text
- Cohen, Folk Music: a Regional Exploration (2005) p.57
- USA
- First line: Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh Johnny
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Frag. Text; Music
- Brown, North Carolina Folklore 5 (1962) pp.99-101 (version c)
- Robbins, Miss Jewell | Pekin
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Frag. Text; Music
- Brown, North Carolina Folklore 5 (1962) pp.99-101 (version a)
- N. Carolina
DEAR DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Dear, dear, what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Thesis | Frag. Text
- Duncan, Ballads & Folk Songs Collected in Northern Hamilton County (1939) p.298
- Morgan, Mrs. E.C. | Knoxville
- Roud no: 1279 | Thesis | Reference only
- Perry, A Sampling of the Folklore of Carter County, Tennessee (1938) p.285
- Carter County
- First line: O dear! What can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Songster | Text
- Pocock's Everlasting Songster (1800) p.112
- R. Pocock (Gravesend) 1800 | England : Gravesend
- First line: O dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside | Text
- Steve Roud Broadside Collection
- Charles Emerson (Boston) | USA : Boston
JOHNNY SO LONG AT THE FAIR (AND HE PROMISED TO BUY ME A BUNCH OF BLUE RIBBONS)
- First line: Two old women tied up to an apple tree
- Roud no: 1279 | Manuscript | Frag. Text
- James Madison Carpenter MSS Collection (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress / VWML, London) p.00808 / JMC/1/1/1/H, p. 00808 / JMC/1/7/1/D, p. 10770 / JMC/1/1/1/H, p. 00808
- Wells, William | Bampton
- URL link
- First line: O dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Chapbook | Text
- The Golden Glove's Garland (Bodleian Library via ECCO)
- [c1785?]
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- First line: Oh Dear, what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Sound recording | Audio
- Ruairidh Greig Collection (CECTAL A92-70)
- Wheat, Maurice | Holmesfield
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside printer's catalogue | Reference only
- W&T Fordyce Catalogue (a) (c1828-1837), Cupid's Garland
- W&T Fordyce (Newcastle) (c1828-1837) | England : Newcastle
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside printer's catalogue | Reference only
- Chas. Sanderson's More Favourite Songs p.2
- Chas. Sanderson (Edinburgh) | Scotland : Edinburgh
- Roud no: 1279 | Chapbook index | Reference only
- Thomson: Newcastle Chapbooks index item no.328
- Roud no: 1279 | Chapbook index | Reference only
- Thomson: Newcastle Chapbooks index item no.329
- Roud no: 1279 | Chapbook index | Reference only
- Thomson: Newcastle Chapbooks index item no.330
- Roud no: 1279 | Chapbook | Text
- The Golden Glove's Garland (Bodleian Library via ECCO)
- [c1785?]
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside printer's catalogue | Reference only
- Chas. Sanderson's Catalogue (a) p.13
- Chas. Sanderson (Edinburgh) | Scotland : Edinburgh
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside printer's catalogue | Reference only
- H.P. Such's Catalogue of Songs, No.134
- Such (London) | England : London
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- Roud no: 1279 | Chapbook index | Reference only
- Ratcliffe: Bibliotheck 4:3-4 (1964) item no.561
- Randall (Stirling) | Scotland : Stirling
OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE
- Roud no: 1279 | Book | Reference only
- Johannsen, The House of Beadle and Adams 3 (1962) p.80
- USA
- First line: O dear what can the matter be
- Roud no: 1279 | Broadside | Text
- Lewis Walpole Library Broadside Collection (Yale Univ.) 794.05.12.57+
- Laurie & Whittle (London) (12 May 1794) No.335 | England : London
- URL link
- Roud no: 1279 | Journal | Historical discussion
- Notes & Queries 185 (1943) pp.288-289, 385-386