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SHULE AROON

(Irish folk song; learned from Charlie Brown Artman in the 1960s)

    Shule, shule, shule aroon
    Shule on, gesuker agus shule go cuin
    Shule, godin durrus agus eleighin gluin
    Os go day-ay-to, mavournin slung.

I wish I were on yonder hill
It's there I'd go and cry my fill
And ev'ry tear would turn a mill,
    Os go day-ay-to, mavournin slung.
    Shule, shule, shule...

I'll sell my watch, I'll sell my reel,
I'll sell my only spinning wheel
For to buy my love a coat of steel,
    Os go day-ay-to, mavournin slung.
    Shule, shule, shule...

My love, my love, he's gone to France
He's gone his fortune to advance
If he return, 'tis but a chance,
    Os go day-ay-to, mavournin slung.
    Shule, shule, shule...

I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red,
And 'round the world I'll beg my bread,
Until my parents shall wish me dead,
    Os go day-ay-to, mavournin slung.
    Shule, shule, shule...

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
I wish I had my love again
And vainly think I'd not complain,
    Os go day-ay-to, mavournin slung.
    Shule, shule, shule...

(from miriam berg's folksong collection)