{"data":{"description":"The feelings expressed in the following song are those shared by thousands of young girls in every war in history. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, a lament of one girl a soldier left behind, is said to date from the American Revolution.","title":"Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier","post_type":"page","content":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"firsth1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The feelings expressed in the following song are those shared by thousands of young girls in every war in history. \"Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier,\" a lament of one girl a soldier left behind, is said to date from the American Revolution.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eJohnny Has Gone For A Soldier\u003c/h2\u003e\nHere I sit on Buttermilk Hill,\nWho could blame me cry me fill?\nAnd every tear would turn a mill;\nJohnny has gone for a soldier.\n\nShool, shool, shool a-roo,\nShool a-sac-a-rac-ca bib-ba-lib-ba-boo.\nIf I should die for Sally Bobolink\nCome bib-ba-lib-ba-boo so rare-o.\n\nI'd sell my clock, I'd sell my reel,\nLikewise I'd sell my spinning wheel\nTo buy my love a sword of steel;\nJohnny has gone for a soldier.\n\nShool, shool, shool a-roo,\nShool a-sac-a-rac-ca bib-ba-lib-ba-boo.\nIf I should die for Sally Bobolink\nCome bib-ba-lib-ba-boo so rare-o.\n\nOh my baby, oh my love,\nGone the rainbow, gone the dove.\nYour father was my one, true love;\nJohnny has gone for a soldier.\n\nShool, shool, shool a-roo,\nShool a-sac-a-rac-ca bib-ba-lib-ba-boo.\nIf I should die for Sally Bobolink\nCome bib-ba-lib-ba-boo so rare-o.\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e--Anonymous\u003c/p\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}