Mount to horse — mount to horse;
Forward, Battalion!
Gallop the gallant force;
Down with Rebellion!
Over hill, creek and plain
Clatter the fearless —
Dash away — splash away —
Led by the Peerless.
Carbines crack — foemen fly
Hither and thither;
Under the death-fire
They falter and wither.
Burn the bridge — tear the track —
Down with Rebellion!
Cut the wires — cut the wires!
Forward, Battalion!
Day and night — night and day,
Gallop the fearless —
Swimming the rivers’ floods —
Led by the Peerless;
Depots and powder-trains
Blazing and thundering
Masters and dusky slaves
Gazing and wondering.
Eight hundred miles they ride —
Dauntless Battalion —
Down through the Southern Land
Mad with Rebellion.
Into our lines they dash —
Brave Cavaliers —
Greeting our flag with
A thunder of cheers.