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shule shule, shule aroon
shule the agaragar, shule the coon
shule shule shule aroon
i don't think that anyone should tie me oh
Here i sit on buttermilk hill
weep i will and weep my fill
every tear would turn a mill
johnny is gone for a soldier
Chorus
I'll send my flax sell my meal,
sell my only spinnin' wheel
buy my love a sword of steel
johnny's gone for a soldier
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Loved him oh i loved him so
broke my heart to see him go
only time can heal my woe
johnny's gone for a soldier
Chorus
I sold my flax and my meal
sold my only spinnin' wheel
now he's dead upon the field
johnny's gone for a soldier
Chorus