Skip To My Lou
Words & Music:
Traditional American
Like so many folk songs, this one has acquired verses over the years. Pick the ones you prefer and sing those. Better yet, add your own!
D
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly,
shoo!
A7
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly,
shoo!
D
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly,
shoo!
G [or A7] A7 D
Skip to my Lou, my darling!
CHORUS:
D
A7
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
D
G
A7
D
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. Skip to my Lou, my darling!
Cat's in the cream jar, ooh, ooh,
ooh! [3x]
Skip to my Lou, my darling!
CHORUS:
Off to Texas, two by two. [3x]
Skip to my Lou, my darling!
CHORUS:
Lost my partner, what'll I do? [3x]
Skip to my Lou, my darling!
CHORUS:
I'll get another one prettier than
you. [3x]
to my Lou, my darling!
CHORUS:
Can't get a red bird, a jay bird'll
do. [3x]
Skip to my Lou, my darling!
CHORUS:
The provenance of the
attached easy arrangement
is unknown. It is part of a
collection that people gave me over the years. Please inform me if correctly attribute it.