Fiddler’s Green - US ARMY CAVALRY

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 Fiddlers’ Green.

Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
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 of 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.

[joedyer]

Thank you for this post from the honored dead and the retired gentleman of THE 1ST Squadron of the 108th CAVALRY Regiment of the 48th Brigade GA. Yours truly 1sgt (retired) Joe Dyer.

[daniel_f]

Way back in the early 1980s I named my mare’s new colt Fiddler’s Green. All I knew was that it was where the Cavalry stopped on the road to hell and nothing else. But since I had inherited an 1890s US Cavalry saddle (most uncomfortable damn thing ever put between man and horse) only the year before it seemed kind of a cool idea.

Seeing who uploaded this allowing me to learn where it came from is part of that story now. Our farm was down on the Brandywine River not too far from West Chester. So the PA Guard has helped me find out the origin of my PA horse’s name.

[donandrew]

I'm an old scout and as the years go by, things like this mean more and more. God Bless. C 1/3 ACR, scouts out.

[terryfolderson-isqo]

Scouts out! we're all destined for fiddlers green in the end brothers!

[josephhradil]

3rd generation Cav.

Grandpa - M Troop 13th Cav Philippines
Dad - D Troop 1/10 Cav Vietnam
Me HHT 1/4 Cav Bosnia

God bless all troopers.

[Michael-epll]

Toujours Pret. An olde 11D. They changed the designstion But it still the same old mission infrantry for the strong. Artillery for the smart. Cavalry is for the Brave and Brash, fighting men who shoot and slash, their steeds today are steel and stronger Scouts Out. My favorite command to hear. I always found it 1:23 dangerous if a lot of guys were near

[kampfoppa]

God bless all Fighters who fight for Freedom in the World .

[giffdg]

My boy is cavalry could not be more proud

[billmullins]

Following Cav units, D 2/11 ACR, HHT 1-1 Cav 1AD, D 6/16 Cav, A 4/7Cav 2ID, retired scout here. :)

[matthewwenzel]

Miss being a scout everytime thoughts come i recite this till they pass

[nelsonjackson]

My granfather was air cav in Vietnam, served in korea too, he said he never met a better bunch of soldiers than those he met in vietnam. Rip SSGT RAYMOND LEE JACKSON 1938-2011 FLY HIGH OLD SOLDIER 😢

[richardmason]

I was never in the cavalry, but I was in the army, and I had a platoon sergeant that was Sergeant first class Allen gator. This is going to him right now because bro he has awesome.

[geoffroberts]

The last stanza is very reminiscent of the last verse of Kipling's 'The Young British Soldier' "When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier." I'm guessing Kipling was inspired by that story as it dates to the around the late 1600s in Ireland and clearly the author of this was inspired by that too, or perhaps by Kipling? Who knows.

[RichardGalli-ri]

Fiddler's Green is an old Irish sailor's song "Fiddlers Green is a place I;ve heard tell, where fishermen go if they don't go to hell"

[cartesian_doubt]

I remember hearing about Fidler's Green in basic. And for a short while, I literally believed there was a place called Fidler's Green where I would go should I die in combat. This was in 2003 and the Iraq war was just a couple of months old.

[sirvonhugendong]

About to enlisted in PA as a 19D can't wait

[RoachRepublic]

God bless. I’ll see you brothers at fiddlers green.

[mikebelcher]

Sabers Ready, Sabers Drawn. 2/17 Cav 101st ABN (AASLT) '92 - '94

[brianbardales]

I’m an infantryman who got stationed in a Cav unit and I hated it at first but after a while I learned to love my homosexual brothers. I learned that they were just like us. People.

[-TheFiddlersGreen]

If you ain't cav... you'll never be... to the rest of my dragoons, there'll be room at my hitchin post for you. Stay thirsty brothers.