| Title | O! Dear What Can the Matter Be (t) |
| Short Title | Scots MM-5, 1797 |
| Page | 510 |
| Genre | SC |
| Country | S |
| Instruments | VO,PF |
| Incipit | //5/5//531+/531//4 |
| First Line | O! dear what can the matter be (fl) |
| Burden Text | To tye up my bonny brown hair (bt) |
| Verses | 3 |
| Stress Notes | 55554 |
| Intervals | -3,6,-4,-3,-3,4, |
| Key Signature | Bb,EUb,Ab |
| Time Signature | 6/8 |
| Do | Eb |
| Date | [1797] |
| Number | E35.96 |