Lyrics:
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Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill
Who could blame me cry my fill,
Every tear would turn a mill,
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
Chorus
Oh my baby, oh my love,
Gone the rainbow, gone the dove,
Your father was my only love,
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
Me, oh my, I loved him so,
It broke my heart to see him go,
And only time will heal my woe,
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
I sold my flax, I sold my wheel,
To buy my love a sword of steel,
So it in battle, he may wield,
Johnny's gone for a soldier.
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