(Sally, go 'round the roses.) Sally go 'round the roses. (Sally, go 'round the roses.) Sally go 'round the pretty roses. (Roses they can't hurt you.) Roses they can't hurt you. (Roses they can't hurt you.) No, the roses won't tell your secret.
(Sally, baby cry. Let your hair hang down.) (Sally, baby cry. Let your hair hang down.) (Sit and cry where the roses grow.) (You can sit and cry, not a soul will know.)
(Sally, go 'round.) Oh, Sally, baby, cry. ('Round and around.) Let your hair hang down. (Sally, go 'round.) Yes, let your hair hang down. ('Round and around.) Yeah, yes. Because the saddest thing in the whole wide world, Is t' see your baby with another girl.
(Sally, go 'round the roses.) Sally go 'round the roses. [Fades.] (Sally, go 'round the roses.) Sally go 'round the pretty roses.