The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-29
From the Mobile Tribuue.l ls
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THE CAVALRY RECRUIT.

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THE CAVALRY RECRUIT. sl'ez
ArR-1Hc fine Old English Gentleman .i
A fine young Albanian.
When this wal first broko Oat
hearty aDle-b0died man,
CO. sideTed pretty stout 1850
He went and J)ined the cavalry,
And thought it mighty fine a . .
To pranco upon the bsrbed steed A -
And cut Dc hing shine.
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This fiGe young Albanian, ..
This Cavalry Recruit. ....
But twas not any length OF time,
fore he found change,
And when his Captain at him swore, by
be thopght 1t very strange. l ....-
Thai one could Cuss a gentleman, sa -- ...
Aud then not be called out p, ..... .....
For n 'ar thinrs in Alabama
Several fits he'd fout. .-r ."a /,
This ine young Alaba mian, &c. a
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lie went into the tented field, a ..
But nary tNnt had he; ...- fF .. ,...
And there he gothic measles, and
spell of dIa'rhee, -.a '.'' -..a'Ie
Which laid him Il It upon bis back, aaUHE
And made him very thin. re .1a.t ....U
Unt he thought that all his bones
Would come poking through his skin
This line young Alabaman, &c.
The ladies bless 'em then they came,
To help hill through s woes, 40 t.-
But the more that-blessed creature knows
The Curiouser she grows.
And though he tried TO whip this bush
And make 'hem comprehend, .s.-
On him the question they would press,
"What ails you, Christian ffiendW a.afl.
Oh, this poor young Alabaman, DC
He was not hurted In the head, .N' .'' -'N
Nor yet in leg or arm; Ast HiI.r
From bayOnet, sword or muslet ball, Gao 81
He'd ne'er experienced harm, er-g boa d
But at last in agony he cries, .-.-I .E. d,
To save much misery .
"Oh, LORD! my goodness, gracious gals
I've got the darheal' sggaE 400 fl 1t
This poor young Alnbamian, &c.
But here his troables didn't end. t ...
For when he better got, -'' ~.
The Doctor him paper gave 'AnG4 .'@e
And told him home TO ttOt! e.srT aai4s
He thought be was happy man, agl "a, asg Y
A lurlcughed man was he, Nh
And he talked about the many fighfl
And lights he did't see, A7I lfa'. y -"- ,
.ar This fine young Alabamian, 49,
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At last the cOr1cript officer ..b..uy . '1 htl
Into his section came, - ...
A grabbing all the broken armed,
The one eyed and the lame; 0s3HD. " -'4'-.
Among the very FIST he nabbed IrglE
Was this, our dragon gent, sfFl & / IL ga
And told him that his paper wasn't ,n Ava
Worth cussed cent, co.. -.
atf.ss r--- Alas, this AIabarnianj &c. No'
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They took him TO the conseript eamp,
Where he q month was kept, 0-r,'r.., I...r
Where young lioutensnts stTutted round, ......
And cpssed and swore and welt;
And very much against his will, q -.+ t'.
They made him infantry; ..'. Er sIiN
Although h0 certified on oath h ....H rnsE1
lie was a cavalry, .E.....-...r . ta... .-,
This fine young AJabaman, sc.
Rear rank high private now he is, e 'il .'
With musket in his hand l IgtE .g.at
And though he often powerful skeercd,
He knows he's bound to stand; ,r1r
Half ratons, too, hes doomed TO eat,
And ragged are his clothes, '-n'll 7'
e Yet Notwithstanding all of that, E}l au.
at double quick no goes. .ra
This sad young Albanian, u
'' The Confederate COnsCript. xxi,