I Wanna Be In The Cavalry - Corb Lund

Written by：Corby Lund

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

I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

Well

I wanna horse in the 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

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 vict'ry arch

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

I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

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 cav'lryman

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

I wanna be in the cavalry

If I must go of 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

I wanna be in the cavalry

If they send me off to war

I wanna be in the cavalry

But I won't ride home no more