Shule, shule, shule-a-roo,
Shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-coo.
When I saw my sally babby beal,
Come bibble in the boo shy lorey.
Here I sit on buttermilk hill
Who could blame me, cry my fill
Every tear would turn a mill,
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
Shule, shule, shule-a-roo,
Shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-coo.
When I saw my sally babby beal,
Come bibble in the boo shy lorey.
I sold my flax, I sold my wheel,
To buy my love a sword of steel
So it in battle he might wield,
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
Shule, shule, shule-a-roo,
Shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-coo.
When I saw my sally babby beal,
Come bibble in the boo shy lorey.
Oh my baby, oh, my love,
Gone the rainbow, gone the dove.
Your father was my only love
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
Shule, shule, shule-a-roo,
Shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-coo.
When I saw my sally babby beal,
Come bibble in the boo shy lorey.
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