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28th March 07, 10:30 AM
#16
Fiddler's Green
 Originally Posted by Mountainman
very nice wizard. whats that poem about scouts and some field? where the scouts stayed at some bar outside the gates of hell and the infantry kept marching straight through to hell?
the scouts that took over out bat. painted that on the wall.
Are you referring to the old army song Fiddler's Green?
Halfway down the trail to hell
In a shady meadow green,
Are the souls of all dead troopers camped
Near a good old-time canteen
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddler's Green.
Marching past, straight through to hell,
The infantry are seen,
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marine,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.
Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene,
No trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he's emptied his canteen,
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers' Green.
And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen,
Or in a roaring charge or fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers' Green.
Cheers, 
Todd
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