(Air: "Lord Geoffry Amherst")
Oh, good old Uncle Sam declared a war on Kaiser Bill,
When, his pledges "Bill" neglected to fulfill;
And the War Department ordered that a training camp should be,
So they sent us up to Plattsburg, don't you see?
So they sent us up to Plattsburg, don't you see?
And the men from all New England came along and gathered there,
And the companies they chose with greatest care.
But out of all the candidates selected but a few
To organize New England Number 2.
(Chorus)
Oh, Captain Peek and Company Two
They'll be names known to fame the whole world o'er.
They will ever be glorious
When the Hohenzollerns reign no more.
TO THE RESERVE CAVALRY
(Air: The Infantry, the Infantry, with Dirt Behind Their Ears)
I
The Cavalry, the Cavalry, they haven't any horse,
They're taking riding lessons by a correspondence course,
You'd think they were equestrians to hear the way they talk,
But when it comes to riding, why! We always see them walk.