🎵 I Wanna Be in the Cavalry (Cover) (Patreon)

I think I did a good job.

[Verse 1]I wanna be in the Cavalry if they send me off to warI wanna good steed under me like my forefathers beforeI wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons roarWell I wanna be in the Cavalry—

[Chorus]Well, I wanna good horse in the volunteer force that's riding towards the dawnPlease save for me some gallantry that will echo when I'm goneI beg of you Sarge, let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawnLemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long

[Verse 2]I'd not a good foot soldier make, I'd be sore and slow at marchAnd I'd be sick on a Navy ship, and the sea would leave me parchedBut I'll be first in line if they'll let me ride, by God, you'll see my starchLoap back o'er the heath with the laurel wreath underneath that victory arch

[Chorus]Well, I wanna be in the Cavalry if they send me off to warI wanna good steed under me like my forefathers beforeWell, I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons roarI wanna be in the Cavalry if they send me off to war

[Bridge]Let me earn my spurs in the battle's blur where the day is lost or wonI'll wield my lance as the ponies dance and the Black Guards fire their gunsWith sabre keen, and a saddle carbine and an army RemingtonWhere the hot lead screams with the cold, cold steel let me be a cavalryman

[Chorus]Well, I wanna be in the Cavalry if they send me off to warAnd I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers beforeI wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons roarWell I wanna be in the Cavalry if I must go off to war

[Outro]Let 'em play their flutes and stirrup my boots and lace them back to front'Cause I won't be back on the riderless Black, when I'm finished cross my heartWell, I wanna be in the Cavalry if they send me off to warWell, I wanna be in the Cavalry, but I won't ride home no more

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Art by Eyn