old calvary poem....

[mrmackc]

Any of you old dog faces mechanized ever heard or seen this poem?

Fiddlers Green,

Halfway down the trail to Hell in a shady meadow green,

are the Souls of all dead troopers camped near a good old-fashion canteen,

and this eternal resting place is known as Fiddlers' 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 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.

Edited September 14, 2017 by mrmackc

[mrmackc]

10 minutes ago, mrmackc said:

Any of you old dog faces mechanized ever heard or seen this poem?

Fiddlers Green,

Halfway down the trail to Hell in a shady meadow green,

are the Souls of all dead troopers camped near a good old-fashion canteen,

and this eternal resting place is known as Fiddlers' 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 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.

Here is what I found:

U.S. military[edit]

The Cavalrymen's Poem, also entitled "Fiddlers' Green" was published in the U.S. Army's Cavalry Journal in 1923 and became associated with the 1st Cavalry Division.^[9]

The name has had other military uses. Many places associated with the U.S. Military have been named Fiddler's Green:

• The U.S. Marine Corps operates Firebase Fiddler's Green in the heart of the Helmand River Valley, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
• An artillery Fire Support Base in Military Region III in Vietnam in 1972, occupied principally by elements of 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
• The U.S. Navy's enlisted men's club in Sasebo, Japan from 1952 to 1976
• The cavalryman's poem about Fiddler's Green is the regimental poem of the US 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
• The enlisted men's club at Bainbridge Naval Training Center
• An informal bar at the Fort Sill Officers' Open Mess
• The stable and pasture used by Parsons Mounted Cavalry, a cadet group at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
• A bar at the Saber & Quill in Fort Knox, Kentucky
• The larger of the two bars at the Leader's Club at Fort Benning, Georgia
• Building 2805 at Fort Hood, Texas, the former Officers Club
• A small E-club on the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton in area 43 (Las Pulgas)
• The base pub at the Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, CA
• Former dining facility used by 2nd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Polk, LA
• An artillery only pub for the 10th Marine Regiment, Camp Lejeune, NC
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• Now we have had our military trivial historical and Poetry class for today, enjoy!

[unforgiven]

Thank you sir.

[sketch]

Thank you mrmackc! 

[98Z5V]

That's some damn good military trivia/history, Mack!