I love to take an hone ft part, Love beauty and a fpotlefs heart, By manners love to (hew the man ; To fail thro' life by honour's breeze. It was all along of loving thefe, I doated firfl on lovely Nan.
��WHAT CAN THE tflATTER BE?
ODE AR ! what can the matter be ? Dear, Dear ! what can the matter be ? O dear ! what can the matter be,
Johnny's fo long at the fair ; He promis'd to buy me a pair of blue {lockings, A pair of new garters that cofl him but two pence ; He promis'd he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons, To tie up my bonny brown hair.
O dear ! what can the matter be ? Dear, dear ! what can the matter be, O dear ! what can the matter be,
Johnny's fo long at the fair ? He promis'd to bring me a bafket of pofies, A garland of lillies, a garland of rofes, \ iittle flraw hat to fet off the blue ribbons, To tie up my bonny brown hair.
O dear ! fee how he's running,
O.dear ! fee he's a coming,
Dear, dear ! fee how he's running,
Johnny'sreturn'd from the fair. He has brought me a delicate bafket of pofies, A garland of lillies, a garland of rofes, A little flraw hat to fet off the blu.e ribbons, To tie up my bonny brown hair,
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