Music: Traditional Song
'Tis old Stonewall, the Rebel, that leans on his sword
And while we are mounting, prays low to the Lord
Now each cavalier that loves Honor and Right
Then follow the feather of Stuart tonight
Come tighten your girth and slacken your rein
Come buckle your blanket and holster again
Try the click of your trigger and balance your blade
For he must ride sure that goes Riding a Raid!
Now gallop, now gallop, to swim or to ford
Old Stonewall, still watching, prays low to the Lord
Good-bye dear old Rebel! The river's not wide
And Maryland's lights in her window to guide.
Come tighten your girth and slacken your rein
Come buckle your blanket and holster again
Try the click of your trigger and balance your blade
For he must ride sure that goes Riding a Raid!
There's a man in the White House with blood on his mouth
If there's knaves in the North, there are braves in the South
We are three thousand horses, and not one afraid
We are three thousand sabres and not a dull blade
Come tighten your girth and slacken your rein
Come buckle your blanket and holster again
Try the click of your trigger and balance your blade
For he must ride sure that goes Riding a Raid!
Then gallop, then gallop, by ravines and rocks!
Who bar us the way take his toll in hard knocks
For with these points of steel, on the line of Penn
We'e made some fine strokes-and we'll make 'em again
Come tighten your girth and slacken your rein
Come buckle your blanket and holster again
Try the click of your trigger and balance your blade
For he must ride sure that goes Riding a Raid
Try the click of your trigger and balance your blade
For he must ride sure that goes Riding a Raid