I Wanna Be in the Cavalry

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

I wanna good steed under me

Like my forefathers before

I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds

And I hear the cannons roar

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

Well, I wanna horse in a volunteer force

That's riding forth at dawn

Please save for me some gallantry

That will echo when I'm gone

I beg of you sarge, let me lead the charge

When the battle lines are drawn

Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat

They'll remember loud and long

Well, I'd not a good foot soldier make

I'd be sour and slow at march

And I'd be sick on a navy ship

And the sea would leave me parched

But I'll be first in line if they'll let me ride

By god, you'll see my starch

Lope back o'er the heath with the laurel wreath

Underneath that victory arch

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

Well, I wanna good steed under me

Like my forefathers before

I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds

And I hear the cannons roar

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

Well, let me earn my spurs in the battle's blur

Where the day is lost or won

I'll wield my lance as the ponies dance

And the blackguards fire their guns

A sabre keen and a saddle carbine

And an army Remington

Where the hot lead screams with the cold, cold steel

Let me be a cavalryman

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

And I wanna good steed under me

Like my forefathers before

I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds

And I hear the cannons roar

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

If I must go off to war

Let 'em play their flutes and stirrup my boots

And place them back to front

'Cause I won't be back on the riderless black

And I'm finished in my hunt

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

Well, I wanna be in the cavalry

But I won't ride home no more