It is so cold in Shiloh town
Birds can hardly sing
Pretty girls gonna leave the town
They won't be back 'till spring

War is done [bad word] back home
But they're the ones that lost
See a man and a woman alone
Was it worth the cost?

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at home

Sun is out it's hot to today
Children [bad word] out to play
Some are quick [bad word] back home
Others, gone to stay

Gets so cold in Shiloh town
Birds can hardly sing
Pretty girls gonna leave the town
They won't be back 'till spring

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at home