(Chorus)
Shule,shule,shule-a-roo
shule-a-rack-shack,shule-a-babba-coo.
When I saw my sally-babby-beel
come bibble in the bush I laurie.
(Repeat chorus)
Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill.
Who could blame me cry my fill?
Every tear would turn a mill.
Johnny is gone for a soldier.
(Repeat chorus)
I sold my flax;I sold my wheel,
to buy my love a sword of steel
so it in battle he might wield.
Johnny is gone for a soldier.
O,my baby!O,my love!
Gone,the rainbow.Gone,the dove.
Your father was my only love.
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
(Repeat chorus)
(Repeat chorus)
Shule,shule,shule-a-roo
shule-a-rack-shack,shule-a-babba-coo.
When I saw my sally-babby-beel
come bibble in the bush I laurie.
(Repeat chorus)
Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill.
Who could blame me cry my fill?
Every tear would turn a mill.
Johnny is gone for a soldier.
(Repeat chorus)
I sold my flax;I sold my wheel,
to buy my love a sword of steel
so it in battle he might wield.
Johnny is gone for a soldier.
O,my baby!O,my love!
Gone,the rainbow.Gone,the dove.
Your father was my only love.
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
(Repeat chorus)
(Repeat chorus)