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

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

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

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