CHORUS
Oh dear, what can the matter be? Dear, dear, what can the matter be?
Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Johnny's so long at the fair.
He promised buy me a trinket to please me.
And then for a smile, oh, he vowed he would tease me.
He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons to tie up my bonny brown hair.
You can memorize words in an efficient way if you pronounce them reasonably. Say words correctly, and you will learn them easily. Correct pronunciation means correct spelling of the words. English spelling is not good to guide its pronunciation. But spelling and pronunciation have closed relationship. They match each other perfectly. Sometimes we can pronounce a word according to its spelling. English pronunciation can also guide its spelling. This is a two-way communication.