Farewell to you, Captain
The bravest in command
Goodbye to all the soldiers
Who didn't give a damn
For we're goin' back to Richmond
Buddy, leavin' here today
Gonna sell our rifles for a jug
And get drunk along the way
'Twas in Virginia harbor
Gen'ral Parker disappeared
Tied sleeping soundly to a tree
How we wept as we launched him
And so cheerfully we cheered
As the Gen'ral drifted slowly out to sea
Farewell to you, Captain
The bravest in command
Goodbye to all the soldiers
Who didn't give a damn
For we're goin' back to Richmond
Buddy, leavin' here today
Gonna sell our rifles for a jug
And get drunk along the way
At the battle of Manassas
I had my certain chance
To bravely fight the red and white and blue
I was so blasted brave
I stuck branches in my pants
And, yes, I played a tree 'til it was through
Please don't think that we are cowards
What a horrible suggestion
It's just that we don't feel that we belong
Bobby misses his dear mother
John has acid indigestion
And I think I feel a migraine coming on
Farewell to you, Captain
The bravest in command
Goodbye to all the soldiers
Who didn't give a damn
For we're goin' back to Richmond
Buddy, leavin' here today
Gonna sell our rifles for a jug
And get drunk along the way
Farewell to you, Captain
We're goin' to leave you now