Johnn's Gone For A Soldier - Ireland

Oh I wish I were on yonder hill

It’s there I’d sit and cry my fill

'Til every tear would turn a mill

My Johnny’s gone for a soldier

Well, Johnny, my love, he went away

He would not heed what I did say

He won’t be back for many’s a day

My Johnny’s gone for a soldier

Shule, shule, shule a gra

Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me

When he comes back, he will marry me

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

I’ll sell my rack, I’ll sell my reel

I’ll sell my only spinning wheel

And buy my love a sword of steel

My Johnny’s gone for a soldier

I’ll dye my petticoat, I’ll dye it red

Around the world I’ll bake my bread

'Til I find my love alive or dead

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

Shule, shule, shule a gra

Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me

When he comes back, he will marry me

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

But now my love, he has gone to France

To try his fortune to advance

If he returns, it is but a chance

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

Shule, shule, shule a gra

Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me

When he comes back, he will marry me

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain

I wish I had my heart again

'Tis gladly I would not complain

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

Shule, shule, shule a gra

Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me

When he comes back, he will marry me

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

Shule, shule, shule a gra

Oh shule, oh shule and he loves me

When he comes back, he will marry me

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier

My Johnny, he has gone for a soldier