Shule, Shule, Shule a Roo
Shule A Rack Shack Shule a Baba Coo
When I saw my Sally Bally Beal,
Come bibble in the Boo Shy Lorrey
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 Rack Shack Shule a Baba Coo
When I saw my Sally Bally Beal,
Come bibble in the Boo Shy Lorrey
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.
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 Rack Shack Shule a Baba Coo
When I saw my Sally Bally Beal,
Come bibble in the Boo Shy Lorrey