Jine the cavalry!

"Jine the cavalry" était parmi les chansons préférées du général confédéré Jeb Stuart, devant presque l'hymne non-officiel de son corps de cavalerie. Un des hommes de Stuart, Sam Sweeney, était un joueur de banjo accompli et s’appliquait souvent à jouer la sérénade devant Stuart et ses officiers au cours de la campagne de Gettysburg.

If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!

Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!

If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,

If you want to smell Hell, jine the cavalry!

We're the boys who went around McClellian,

Went around McClellian, went around McClellian!

We're the boys who went around McClellian,

Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

CHORUS:

If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!

Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!

If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,

If you want to smell Hell, jine the cavalry!

We're the boys who crossed the Potomicum,

Crossed the Potomicum, crossed the Potomicum!

We're the boys who crossed the Potomicum,

Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

CHORUS:

If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!

Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!

If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,

If you want to smell Hell, jine the cavalry!

Then we went into Pennsylvania,

Into Pennsylvania, into Pennsylvania!

Then we went into Pennsylvania,

Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

CHORUS:

If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!

Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!

If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,

If you want to smell Hell, jine the cavalry!

The big fat Dutch gals hand around the breadium,

Hand around the breadium, hand around the breadium!

The big fat Dutch gals hand around the breadium,

Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

CHORUS:

If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!

Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!

If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,

If you want to smell Hell, jine the cavalry!

Ol' Joe Hooker, won't you come out of The Wilderness?

Come out of The Wilderness, come out of The Wilderness?

Ol' Joe Hooker, won't you come out of The Wilderness?

Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

CHORUS:

If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!

Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!

If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,

If you want to smell Hell, jine the cavalry!