I Wanna Be In The Cavalry

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I wanna be in the cavalry if they 
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send me off to war
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I wanna good steed under me like 
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my forefathers before
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I wanna good mount when the bugle 
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sounds and I hear the cannons' roar
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I wanna be in the cavalry if they
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 send me off to war

[Verse 2]
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well,I wanna horse in the 
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volunteer force that's riding forth 
at dawn
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Please save for me some gallantry
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 that will echo when I'm gone
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I beg of you sarge let me lead the
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 charge when the battle lines are 
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drawn
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Lemme at least leave a good hoof 
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beat they'll remember loud and long

[Verse 3]
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I'd not a good foot soldier make, 
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I'd be sour and slow at march
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And I'd be sick on a navy ship, 
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and the sea would leave me parched
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But I'll be first in line if 
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they'll let me ride, by god, you'll 
see my starch
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Lope back o'er the heath with the
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 laurel wreath underneath that 
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vict’ry arch

[Chorus]
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Let me earn my spurs in the 
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battle's blur where the day is lost 
or won
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I'll wield my lance as the ponies 
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dance and the blackguards fire 
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their guns
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A sabre keen, and a saddle 
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carbine and an army Remington
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Where the hot lead screams with 
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the cold, cold steel let me be a 
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cavalryman

[Chorus]
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Let 'em play their flutes and 
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stirrup my boots and place them 
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back to front
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Cause I won’t be back on the 
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rider-less black and I'm finished in
 my hunt
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I wanna be in the cavalry if they
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 send me off to war
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I wanna be in the cavalry, but I 
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won't ride home no more