Mick Moloney - The regular army o

Three y^Amears ago this very day we w^Cent to Governors Isle For to s^Amtand against the cannon in ^Ftrue military s^Emtyle Seven^Amteen American dollars each m^Conth we'd surely ^Emget For to ^Ccarry a gun and a bayonet with ^Fregimental s^Amtep

We ^Amhad a choice of going to the ^Carmy or to jail Oh it's ^Amup the Hudson River with a ^Fcopper take a s^Email Oh we ^Ampuckered up our courage and with ^Cbravery we did ^Emgo Oh we c^Cursed the day we went away with the ^FRegular Army ^AmO

There was ^AmSergeant John McCaffery and C^Captain Donahue Oh they ^Ammade us march and toe the mark in g^Fallant company ^EmQ Well the ^Amdrums would roll upon me soul this ^Cis the style we ^Emgo Forty m^Ciles a day on beans and hay in the R^Fegular Army ^AmO

We be ^Amdry as army herrings and as h^Cungry as a Turk The b^Amoys along the street cry out "s^Foldier would you ^Emwork" We'd ^Amship into the Navy for to ^Cplow the raging ^Emseas But cold w^Cater, sure, we couldn't endure. Twould n^Fever agree with^Am me

We'd ^Amjoin the politicians and we k^Cnow we'd be well fed Oh we s^Amleep no more upon the ground but ^Fin a feather ^Embed And if a ^Amwar it should break out, they ^Ccall on us to ^Emgo We'll ^Cget Italian substitutes in the ^FRegular Army^Am O

There was ^AmSergeant John McCaffery and C^Captain Donahue Oh they ^Ammade us march and toe the mark in g^Fallant company ^EmQ Well the ^Amdrums would roll upon me soul this ^Cis the style we ^Emgo Forty m^Ciles a day on beans and hay in the R^Fegular Army ^AmO

With ^Amcords upon our heels me boys and b^Cunions on our toes From ^Amlugging the gun in the red hot sun with ^Ffreckles on our ^Emnose England t^Amells us grenediers, France tells ^Cits zu ^Emzus The US^CA never changes they say but a^Flways wears the ^Amblues

When ^Amwe are out to pomperade our m^Cuskets must be bright Or they'll ^Amslap us in the guardhouse to ^Fpass away the n^Emight And ^Amwhen we want a furlough to the c^Colonel we do ^Emgo Go to ^Cbed and wait till you're dead in the ^FRegular Army ^AmO

There was ^AmSergeant John McCaffery and C^Captain Donahue Oh they ^Ammade us march and toe the mark in g^Fallant company ^EmQ Well the ^Amdrums would roll upon me soul this ^Cis the style we ^Emgo Forty m^Ciles a day on beans and hay in the R^Fegular Army ^AmO

There was ^AmSergeant John McCaffery and C^Captain Donahue Oh they ^Ammade us march and toe the mark in g^Fallant company ^EmQ Well the ^Amdrums would roll upon me soul this ^Cis the style we ^Emgo Forty m^Ciles a day on beans and hay in the R^Fegular Army ^AmO