Misc Traditional – Army Blue (Guitar)

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Army Blue is a very old West Point song written around 1865 for that West Point Class by L.W. Becklaw. It is sung to the old minstrel tune of "Aura Lea" (which you might recognize as Presley's "Love Me Tender") [Verse 1]
C                     D7
We’ve not much longer here to stay,

    G7            C
For in a month or two,

C                      D7
We’ll bid farewell to “Kaydet Gray,”

    G7       G    C
And don the “Army Blue”
[Chorus]
C          E7
Army Blue, Army Blue,

Am             Fm   C
Hurrah for the Army Blue,

C         F            D7
We’ll bid farewell to “Kaydet Gray,”

    G7       G    C
And don the “Army Blue.”
[Verse 2]
C                        D7
With pipe and song we’ll jog along,

     G7                 C
Till this short time is through,

C                 D7
And all among our jovial throng,

     G7         G    C
Have donned the Army Blue
[Chorus]
C          E7
Army Blue, Army Blue,

Am             Fm   C
Hurrah for the Army Blue,

C         F            D7
We’ll bid farewell to “Kaydet Gray,”

    G7       G    C
And don the “Army Blue.”
[Verse 3]
C                      D7
To the ladies who come up in June,

      G7         C
We’ll bid a fond adieu,

C                     D7
Here’s hoping they be married soon,

    G7       G     C
And join the Army, too.
[Chorus]
C          E7
Army Blue, Army Blue,

Am             Fm   C
Hurrah for the Army Blue,

C         F            D7
We’ll bid farewell to “Kaydet Gray,”

    G7       G    C
And don the “Army Blue.”
[Verse 4]
C                     D7
Here’s to the man who wins the cup,

    G7             C
May he be kind and true,

C                     D7
And may he bring “our godson” up,

   G7      G    C
To don the Army Blue.
[Chorus]
C          E7
Army Blue, Army Blue,

Am             Fm   C
Hurrah for the Army Blue,

C         F            D7
We’ll bid farewell to “Kaydet Gray,”

    G7       G    C
And don the “Army Blue.”
[Verse 5]
C                         D7
‘Twas the song we sang in old plebe camp,

     G7                 C
When first our Gray was new,

C                   D7
The song we sang on summer nights,

     G7      G    C
That song of Army Blue.
[Chorus]
C          E7
Army Blue, Army Blue,

Am             Fm   C
Hurrah for the Army Blue,

C         F            D7
We’ll bid farewell to “Kaydet Gray,”

    G7       G    C
And don the “Army Blue.”
[Verse 6]
C                     D7
Now, fellows, we must say good-bye,

      G7                   C
We’ve stuck our four years thru,

C               D7
Our future is a cloudless sky,

      G7      G    C
We’ll don the Army Blue.
[Chorus]
C          E7
Army Blue, Army Blue,

Am             Fm   C
Hurrah for the Army Blue,

C         F            D7
We’ll bid farewell to “Kaydet Gray,”

    G7       G    C
And don the “Army Blue.”