Jine the Cavalry

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If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!
Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!
If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,
If you want to smell Hell,
jine the cavalry!

We're the boys who went around McClellian,
Went around McClellian, went around around McClellian!
We're the boys who went around McClellian,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

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We're the boys who crossed the Potomicum,
Crossed the Potomicum, crossed the Potomicum!
We're the boys who crossed the Potomicum,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

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Then we went into Pennsylvania,
Into Pennsylvania, into Pennsylvania!
Then we went into Pennsylvania,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

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The big fat Dutch gals hand around the breadium,
Hand around the breadium, hand around the breadium!
The big fat Dutch gals hand around the breadium,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

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Ol' Joe Hooker, won't you come out of The Wilderness?
Come out of The Wilderness, come out of The Wilderness?
Ol' Joe Hooker, won't you come out of The Wilderness?
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!

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God, I love this song! A rousing birthday salute to Confederate Cavalry Commander J. E. B. Stuart, born on this day in my hometown, Ararat, Virginia, in 1833. He died at the incredibly young age of 31. Read more about Jeb and his followers at freestateofpatrick.com, hosted by our buddy Tom Perry. (Image at top by Don Troiani, the 4th Virginia Cavalry; inset, J. E. B. Stuart)

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Weather, Whether or Not

. . . we like it, we have it. Yet another snow is falling and EVERYTHING is closed. For my comrades back home in the Blue Ridge, they rarely close schools here, nor do they clean the streets. We merely slip and slide to our destination. But after last night's snow falling into today, not only are Topeka schools closed, but Washburn University and the University of Kansas have cancelled classes. We have 10 inches on the ground. Outside my window, I can see the winds are gusting . . . . It's going to be an interesting day.

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Crash

One of Noel's friends was in a terrible accident and remains in critical condition at the KU Med Center in Kansas City. Sammi Becerra is a little bitty thing--I'll bet she doesn't weigh over 85 pounds, but just full of fun and personality. She was thrown from her vehicle as it rolled over and suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries. She and Noel are in JR ROTC together at Topeka High. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sammi and her family as she recovers. The photo was made at their Marine Corp Ball in November. Noel is third from left; Sammi is fourth from left. http://www.cjonline.com/stories/020608/loc_244189446.shtml