| Oh I wish I were on yonder hill
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| It’s there I’d sit and cry my fill
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| 'Til every tear would turn a mill
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| My Johnny’s gone for a soldier
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| Well, Johnny, my love, he went away
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| He would not heed what I did say
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| He won’t be back for many’s a day
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| My Johnny’s gone for a soldier
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| Shule, shule, shule a gra
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| Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me
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| When he comes back, he will marry me
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| I’ll sell my rack, I’ll sell my reel
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| I’ll sell my only spinning wheel
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| And buy my love a sword of steel
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| My Johnny’s gone for a soldier
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| I’ll dye my petticoat, I’ll dye it red
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| Around the world I’ll bake my bread
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| 'Til I find my love alive or dead
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| Shule, shule, shule a gra
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| Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me
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| When he comes back, he will marry me
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| But now my love, he has gone to France
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| To try his fortune to advance
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| If he returns, it is but a chance
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| Shule, shule, shule a gra
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| Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me
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| When he comes back, he will marry me
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
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| I wish I had my heart again
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| 'Tis gladly I would not complain
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| Shule, shule, shule a gra
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| Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me
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| When he comes back, he will marry me
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| Shule, shule, shule a gra
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| Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me
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| When he comes back, he will marry me
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier
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| My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier |