King Billy Sessions
  Shule Agra  
         
   
With fife and drum he marched away
He would not heed what I did say
He'll not be back for many a day
Johnny has gone for a soldier

Chorus:
Shule shule shule agra
Sure a sure and he loves me
When he comes back he'll marry me
Johnny has gone for a soldier

I'll go up on Portland hill
And there I'll sit and cry my fill
And every tear will turn a mill
Johnny has gone for a soldier

I'll sell my rock, I'll sell my reel
I'll even sell my spinning wheel
To buy my love a coat of steel
Johnny has gone for a soldier

I'll dye my petticoats crimson red
Round the world I'll beg my bread
I'll find my love alive or dead
Johnny has gone for a soldier

Printed in The Seeds of Love by Stephen Sedley
from a mid nineteenth century broadside by Kendrew of York

 
 
         
 

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