I Wanna Be In The Cavalry - Seth Staton Watkins

Composed by：Corb Lund

I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war

I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before

And I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds

And I hear the cannons' roar

I wanna be in the cavalry if I must go off to war

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

And I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge

When the battle lines are drawn

And 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

And I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds

And I hear the cannons' roar

I wanna be in the cavalry if I must go 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

And 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

And I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds

And I hear the cannons' roar

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

For I won't be back on the rider-less 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