It is so cold in Shiloh TownnBirds can hardly singnPretty girls gonna leave the townnThey won't be back 'til springnnThe war has been won they've come back homenBut they're the ones that lostnI see a man and a woman alonenWas it worth the cost?n nI'll sing hallelujah nYou'll sing hallelujahnWe'll all sing hallelujahnWhen they arrive at homennSun is out it's hot todaynChildren all come out to playnSome are quick to come back homenOthers, have gone to staynnIt is so cold in Shiloh TownnBirds cant hardly singnPretty girls are gonna leave the townnThey won't be back 'til springnnI'll sing hallelujah nYou'll sing hallelujahnWe'll all sing hallelujahnWhen they arrive at home