SFC(P) Tobias M. 499950 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Halfway down the trail to Hell,<br /><br />In a shady meadow green<br /><br />Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,<br /><br />Near a good old-time canteen.<br /><br />And this eternal resting place<br /><br />Is known as Fiddlers' Green.<br /><br />Marching past, straight through to Hell<br /><br />The Infantry are seen.<br /><br />Accompanied by the Engineers,<br /><br />Artillery and Marines,<br /><br />For none but the shades of Cavalrymen<br /><br />Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.<br /><br />Though some go curving down the trail<br /><br />To seek a warmer scene.<br /><br />No trooper ever gets to Hell<br /><br />Ere he's emptied his canteen.<br /><br />And so rides back to drink again<br /><br />With friends at Fiddlers' Green.<br /><br />And so when man and horse go down<br /><br />Beneath a saber keen,<br /><br />Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee<br /><br />You stop a bullet clean,<br /><br />And the hostiles come to get your scalp,<br /><br />Just empty your canteen,<br /><br />And put your pistol to your head<br /><br />And go to Fiddlers' Green. 2015-02-26T15:28:34-05:00 SFC(P) Tobias M. 499950

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Halfway down the trail to Hell,<br /><br />In a shady meadow green<br /><br />Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,<br /><br />Near a good old-time canteen.<br /><br />And this eternal resting place<br /><br />Is known as Fiddlers' Green.<br /><br />Marching past, straight through to Hell<br /><br />The Infantry are seen.<br /><br />Accompanied by the Engineers,<br /><br />Artillery and Marines,<br /><br />For none but the shades of Cavalrymen<br /><br />Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.<br /><br />Though some go curving down the trail<br /><br />To seek a warmer scene.<br /><br />No trooper ever gets to Hell<br /><br />Ere he's emptied his canteen.<br /><br />And so rides back to drink again<br /><br />With friends at Fiddlers' Green.<br /><br />And so when man and horse go down<br /><br />Beneath a saber keen,<br /><br />Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee<br /><br />You stop a bullet clean,<br /><br />And the hostiles come to get your scalp,<br /><br />Just empty your canteen,<br /><br />And put your pistol to your head<br /><br />And go to Fiddlers' Green.

2015-02-26T15:28:34-05:00 2015-02-26T15:28:34-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 499960

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you ain't CAV, you ain't .......!

2015-02-26T15:34:01-05:00 2015-02-26T15:34:01-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 500027

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>19 series

2015-02-26T16:12:30-05:00 2015-02-26T16:12:30-05:00 SGT Nia Chiaraluce 500088

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>19D

2015-02-26T16:44:11-05:00 2015-02-26T16:44:11-05:00 LTC Paul Labrador 511173

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Considering they use the word "trooper", this means it refers to the Cavalry....although other MOS's and branches have adopted Fiddler's Green.

2015-03-04T11:07:14-05:00 2015-03-04T11:07:14-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 511188

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well Wikipedia says...

2015-03-04T11:11:06-05:00 2015-03-04T11:11:06-05:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 511216

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For Hobbits from the Shire?

2015-03-04T11:18:07-05:00 2015-03-04T11:18:07-05:00 SGT Bryon Sergent 511353

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Calvary Soldier!(horse soldier)

2015-03-04T12:10:54-05:00 2015-03-04T12:10:54-05:00 2015-02-26T15:28:34-05:00