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    Am     E7     Am
   Shule, shule, shule-a-roo,
    C      Em         Am
   Shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-coo.
    C     Em      F           Am
   When I saw my Sally Babby Beal
          Em          E7       Am
   Come bibble in the boo shy Lorey.

    Am    E7      F          Am
1. Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill;
    C         Em       Am
   Who could blame me, cry my fill;
    C     E7         Am      F
   Every tear would turn a mill,
    Am       Em         Am
   Johnny's gone for a soldier.

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2. 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.

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3. Oh my baby, oh, my love,
   Gone the rainbow, gone the dove.
   Your father was my only love;
   Johnny's gone for a soldier