Lyrics
(American folk song)
My true love has gone to France,
For his fortune to advance.
When he returns with him I’ll dance,
Skabibba lala boo and a slow reel.
Refrain
Shoo, shoo, shoo-lye reel,
Shoo-lye shack-a bubba shack-a bubba coo,
Since I saw the silly billa hills,
Skabibba lala boo and a slow reel.
See also
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: major
- Source: American Ballads and Folk Songs, Alan Lomax, 1934, p. 293
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
