First team
First Cav
Black and yellow patch
It's the greatest fighting team there is
No other one can match
First team
First Cav
Always number one
No matter what the job may be
The Cav will get it done

In 1861 that's when the Fifth began to be
Fighting in the South they put an end to slavery
Soon they fought the Indians to make history all the way
Later they joined the First and remain unto this day

They lost their use of horses back in 1943
Training for a war which was way across the sea
Landing first in Manila and then first in Japan
The Cav proved itself to be the greatest in the land

First team
First Cav
Black and yellow patch
It's the greatest fighting team there is
No other one can match
First team
First Cav
Always number one
No matter what the job may be
The Cav will get it done

Next was Korea where they landed in Pohang-dong
There they [bad word] the Reds whose aggression was so strong
The Reds kept [bad word] with their human waves of [bad word] Soon the Cav pushed them back to the 38th parallel

Now the Cav's in Nam fighting every single day
On the ground and in the air, airmobile all the way
Where the action is that's where the cavalry will be
Kickin tail and bringin [bad word] on top of the enemy

First team
First Cav
Black and yellow patch
It's the greatest fighting team there is
No other one can match
First team
First Cav
Always number one
No matter what the job may be
The Cav will get it done