We're the boys who went around McClellian,
Went around McClellian, went around McClellian!
We're the boys who went around McClellian,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
 [bad word] 
If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!
Join the cavalry!Join the cavalry!
If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,
If you want to smell [bad word] Join the cavalry!

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!
 [bad word] 
If you want to have a good time, Join the cavalry!
Join the cavalry!Join the cavalry!
If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,
If you want to smell [bad word]  Join the cavalry!

Then we went into Pennsylvania,
Into Pennsylvania, into Pennsylvania!
Then we went into Pennsylvania,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
 [bad word] 
If you want to have a good time,Join the cavalry!
Join the cavalry! Join the cavalry!
If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,
If you want to smell [bad word] Join the cavalry!

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!
 [bad word] 
If you want to have a good time,Join the cavalry!
Join the cavalry! Join the cavalry!
If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,
If you want to smell [bad word]  Join the cavalry!

Ol' Joe Hooker, won't [bad word] out of The [bad word] out of The [bad word] out of The Wilderness?
Ol' Joe Hooker, won't [bad word] out of The Wilderness?
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
 [bad word] 
If you want to have a good time, Join the cavalry!
Join the cavalry! Join the cavalry!
If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,
If you want to smell [bad word] Join the cavalry!