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.
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Scouts out! we're all destined for fiddlers green in the end brothers!
@heiko1890
17 күн бұрын
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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.
@mikebrase5161
16 күн бұрын
My 6th GGF 2nd British Dragoons Waterloo 4th GGF 6th Michigan Cavalry Civil War rode in Custer's Michigan Brigade. My uncle 2/5 Cav Vietnam Me 1/5 Cav Iraq
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.
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.
Miss being a scout everytime thoughts come i recite this till they pass
God bless all Fighters who fight for Freedom in the World .
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 😢
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"
@ahorriblebeast1265
5 ай бұрын
Fiddlers green it’s not far just over the green a smile a wink just salute
@bustabloodvessel5327
4 ай бұрын
"Where the sky is all clear and the dolphins do play And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away"
@chriscarter5720
Ай бұрын
Fiddler's Green is not an Irish song. Nor is it particularly old, having been written in 1966 by John Conolly, an Englishman. It is a sailor's song and, if anywhere, is about the fishing port of Grimsby on the east coast of England. However, this fine piece of verse shares nothing but the title with that song. Having spent 18 years in the UK military I applaud the sentiment and salute all members of the US military, present and past, living and passed, for all the years we have served side by side. God Save the King, God Bless America!
@user-gm5bv2ez2r
Ай бұрын
I suppose I heard an Irish band singing it! The "legend" of where old sailors go comes from the early 1800s and all that. No idea why the US Cav wrote their poem in 1923... but there is the "stereotype" of a lot of Irishmen in the Cav. I was 19D for quite awhile, a great MOS, but will always be airborne infantry in my 27x years and a few wars. Have trained with the Brits - Para Regt, RAF Regt, & drank a lot of beer with them. Introduced them to JD@@chriscarter5720
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
That was bad ass good job PA gaurd 😎🫡
Amen to us all!
God bless
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.
@NicCageForPresident2024
2 ай бұрын
Did anyone call him Alligator?
@classifiedveteran9879
Ай бұрын
@@NicCageForPresident2024 😆 I was about to ask the same thing!
@NicCageForPresident2024
Ай бұрын
@classifiedveteran9879 I was in the Cavalry and if I had anyone in my Troop named Allen Gator I would definitely be calling him Sergeant alligator. Or if he were the first sergeant I would call him top alligator or even top gator.
@richardmason3393
17 күн бұрын
@@NicCageForPresident2024 no his name was gator his nickname he was from Florida
My boy is cavalry could not be more proud
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.
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.
If you ain’t cav…
@gorillag2044
9 ай бұрын
You and shit! LOCKED COCKED?
@cowboyx9380
7 ай бұрын
You aint shitt!
@santanabrown108
7 ай бұрын
You ain’t shit. 19 Delta Cavalry Scout, 2010-2011 Iraq combat war veteran 1st cavalry division
@nancypaulson6670
5 ай бұрын
My friend painted that on a helo in VN ... ! ❤
@tysonazure6168
5 ай бұрын
You ain’t 💩
Sabers Ready, Sabers Drawn. 2/17 Cav 101st ABN (AASLT) '92 - '94
About to enlisted in PA as a 19D can't wait
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.
@bustabloodvessel5327
Ай бұрын
Though the heat was heavy overhead, we fought till nearly all were dead, From Setlej Lake to Khyber and from there to Kandahar. And those Indians were a savage lot, they gave it to us hard and hot, And I lost both legs to cannon-shot, I sighed for Mullingar. As on the bloody ground I lay, in deep despair, I could not pray, I cursed the day I 'listed and my joy in life did mar. When someone near me gave a shout, I woke right up and looked about. Thank God, I was only dreaming, I was back in Mullingar. From the Irish song : The Mullingar Recruit
Golden Spurs boyos!! Be well all! AATW.
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HHT 3/5 Air Cav 11D 1977-1980... SCOUTS OUT!
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.....I'll see you there guys
Man I really wonder what I'd be doing if that coin landed tails and I went cav instead of 91F.
scouts out all the way
Scout 1972 3/36 inf. The rock.
Something tells me "hostiles" is not the original word
Nice! And dark. But nice.
Scouts out!
scouts out
Allons, brothers!
@fulda9293
4 ай бұрын
Blackhorse!!!
@williamrobbins3205
Ай бұрын
1972 Bad Hersfeld, 3/11th, the 3d Herd Best Damn tour in 28 years
2/11th a.c.r. 80's europe!!! " if u a'int cav u a'int!!!
The ending hits hard. First time I heard it I didn't like it. BUt the second time I understood. And by the third time I accepted it.
I was a 19D I served with C Troop 1/2 ACR and A Troop 2/14 CAV 1st SBCT 25 ID . Always ready and Follow me
@williamrobbins3205
Ай бұрын
Suivez Moi - 1970 - 1972, 3/14th ACR, Bad Hersfeld Great duty on Freedom's Frontier
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A Troop 3/12th CAV 11D40 71-74 SCOUTS OUT!
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I,m Cav for 23 years two war my friend . From 1982 - 2006
If you ain’t Cav u ain’t shit
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Sorry Bubba, fiddlers green is for Sailors Fiddler's Green is an after-life where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. In 19th-century English maritime folklore, it was a kind of after-life for sailors who had served at least fifty years at sea.
Fiddler's Green is for Artillerymen and Redlegs alone
@AFatalPapercut
9 ай бұрын
uh...no
@thesonicandkeegan
7 ай бұрын
Nope its for us scouts
@krissjohnson4501
6 ай бұрын
Gun bunnies aren't mentioned going to Fiddler's Green in fact I do believe "for none but the shades of cavalrymen dismount at Fiddler's Green."
@somethingsomethingusername802
6 ай бұрын
When the hell were y'all called Troopers? Lol If you ain't cav...
@stevekostoff5587
5 ай бұрын
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Excellent poem, but stay far away from today’s military, it is rotten to the core….
@garouuchiha4041
4 ай бұрын
True about today's military but this is cringe poem.
You shame Ireland by hijacking this traditional Irish poem/song. Ireland were, and always will be on the side of the oppressed, not the oppresser!
@jotomctu
3 ай бұрын
Although the Dubliners and Clancy Brothers-and many others have recorded and performed "Fiddlers Green", its neither Irish or traditional. It was written in the 60's by John Connolly, a songwriter and "fisheries folklorist" from Grimsby, Lincolnshire. (I tend to think that Tim Hart's and Mandy Prior's version is by far the best)
@AstonMartinFan
2 ай бұрын
Brother the Irish have a LONG history in the US Army, read up on history a bit
Cringe.
Letting them take it without a shoot fired
What makes you think you fight for freedom and justice when clueless about what protects freedom and justice impossible
@kevinfreeman3098
5 ай бұрын
Did you mother have any children that lived? Or are y'all just dead from the neck up?
@Thelivingone-ez1gw
5 ай бұрын
@@kevinfreeman3098 never been Americans clueless about what protects freedom and justice get the hell out
@Thelivingone-ez1gw
4 ай бұрын
@@kevinfreeman3098 you so smart what protects freedom and justice jackasses so anti American clueless about what protects freedom and justice get the hell out
@Thelivingone-ez1gw
4 ай бұрын
@@kevinfreeman3098 obviously none in this country has any lived brain dead gave it away without a shoot fired disgrace to Freedom Justice and truth pathic
@kevinmurphy2556
4 ай бұрын
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