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 Hush my baby, hush 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