It's sad I sit
on Buttermilk Hill
Who could blame me, crime I feel
Every tear
would turn a mill
My journey's gone
for a
soldier
I'd sell my rock,
I'd sell my reel
I'd sell my only spinning wheel To buy my love
a sword of steel
My journey's gone
for a
soldier
Oh me, oh my,
I loved him so
It broke my heart to see him go
Only time will mend my woe
My journey's gone for a soldier
I sold my rock,
I sold my reel
I sold my only spinning wheel
Now he's dead upon the field
My journey's gone for a soldier
It's sad I sit
on Buttermilk Hill
Who could blame me, crime
I feel
Every tear
would turn a mill
My journey's gone for a soldier
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