1st verse:]

Sherman and Washington fighting men

Hip, hip hurray for them, then hip, hip again

Grant and Lee in history

Proved they were true born fighting soldiers

Dewey, Hobson and Schley as well

Were heroes at every go

While on the subject, I'd like to tell

Of a real live soldier I know



[chorus:]

When he was three years old he wanted a pistol

Like a soldier man

At the age of twenty he went to the war

And fought as a soldier only can

When the war was over he came home again

And married a gal named Ann

Now he stays at home and fights with his wife

There's a true born soldier man



[2nd verse:]

Many a fellow went to war and then

Thought of his wife and never came back again

Each one swore a real live war

Is nothing compared to being married

War only lasts for a year or three

And that's why this man took a wife

Just to make sure of a battle, he

Went and married to fight for his life