Do you know what MOS this poem was written for? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for <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. Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:28:34 -0500 Do you know what MOS this poem was written for? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for <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. SFC(P) Tobias M. Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:28:34 -0500 2015-02-26T15:28:34-05:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2015 3:34 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for?n=499960&urlhash=499960 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you ain't CAV, you ain't .......! SFC Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:34:01 -0500 2015-02-26T15:34:01-05:00 Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2015 4:12 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for?n=500027&urlhash=500027 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>19 series CPT Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:12:30 -0500 2015-02-26T16:12:30-05:00 Response by SGT Nia Chiaraluce made Feb 26 at 2015 4:44 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for?n=500088&urlhash=500088 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>19D SGT Nia Chiaraluce Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:44:11 -0500 2015-02-26T16:44:11-05:00 Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Mar 4 at 2015 11:07 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for?n=511173&urlhash=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. LTC Paul Labrador Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:07:14 -0500 2015-03-04T11:07:14-05:00 Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2015 11:11 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for?n=511188&urlhash=511188 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well Wikipedia says... MSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:11:06 -0500 2015-03-04T11:11:06-05:00 Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2015 11:18 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for?n=511216&urlhash=511216 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For Hobbits from the Shire? MAJ Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:18:07 -0500 2015-03-04T11:18:07-05:00 Response by SGT Bryon Sergent made Mar 4 at 2015 12:10 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-know-what-mos-this-poem-was-written-for?n=511353&urlhash=511353 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Calvary Soldier!(horse soldier) SGT Bryon Sergent Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:10:54 -0500 2015-03-04T12:10:54-05:00 2015-02-26T15:28:34-05:00