Posted on Feb 26, 2015
SFC(P) Tobias M.
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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.
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SGT Team Leader
Do you know this poem? Does it mean anything to you?
Responses: 7
SFC Instructor/Writer  Alc Cc/Ssd 2
If you ain't CAV, you ain't .......!
SFC(P) Tobias M.
SFC(P) Tobias M.
10 y
You know it. I was part of the 3/7 at Ft Stewart GA
SFC Instructor/Writer  Alc Cc/Ssd 2
SFC (Join to see)
10 y
Are you tracking 2nd BDE is being deactivated?
SFC(P) Tobias M.
SFC(P) Tobias M.
10 y
UM not 100% but we think its going to happen.
LTC Paul Labrador
LTC Paul Labrador
10 y
MED/SPT/3ACR.....back when it was still ARMORED.... ;)
MAJ Operations Officer (S3)
For Hobbits from the Shire?
LTC Paul Labrador
Considering they use the word "trooper", this means it refers to the Cavalry....although other MOS's and branches have adopted Fiddler's Green.

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