Part 1 — SHERMAN WAS RIGHT

You may talk about your marching And your stiff, close-order drill; You may cuss out recitations, And of skirmish have your fill; The difficult manoeuvers Which you do most every day May get your goat like everything, And spoil your Plattsburg stay. But for me it's far, far harder Makes me feel more like a prune, To march at strict attention Past the Hostess House at noon.