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Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be? is a traditional song. The lyrics are public domain.
Why is the title changed from "Johnny's So Long at the Fair" to "Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?" without discussion? Vanjagenije ( talk) 22:28, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd always understood that the reason Johnny was so long at the fair was that he had been recruited into the army. This would have presumably been obvious to listeners at the time and the point of the song was the irony of the narrator wondering why Johnny is so long when the listener knows the reason. I'd better find a source or you'll tell me this is OR! Bluewave ( talk) 19:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
I do recall being told it was a result of him being pressganged. -- Razakel19 ( talk) 21:16, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Whilst being educated at a all-girls school, I was told it was a warning/rib-tickler song (sung by their peers or mothers etc) to girls who believe boy's promises 89.85.21.66 ( talk) 18:34, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
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