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Sherry in the Saddle
Sherry’s not in saddle,
Sherry’s not in saddle,
Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!
Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!
Boys in blue skedaddle,
Boys in blue skedaddle,
Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!
Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!
Sherry’s not in saddle,
Sherry’s not in saddle,
The Southron gray
Is King to-day,
For Sherry’s not in saddle.
Sherry’s in the saddle,
Sherry’s in the saddle,
Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!
Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!
Boys in gray skedaddle,
Boys in gray skedaddle,
Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!
Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!
Sherry’s in the saddle,
Sherry’s in the saddle,
The Southron gray
Bites grass to-day,
For Sherry’s in the saddle,
Sherry in the saddle,
Sherry in the saddle,
Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!
Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!
Union foes skedaddle,
Union foes skedaddle,
Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!
Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!
Sherry in the saddle,
Sherry in the saddle,
By night or day,
‘Twixt Blue and Gray,
There’s hell to pay,
When Sherry’s in the saddle.
—A. H. Laidlaw
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