Misc Traditional – Benny Havens Oh (Guitar)

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This West Point song dates from the 1820's and is sung to the tune of "The Wearin' o' the Green." [Verse 1]
G7   C                               G
Come fill your glasses, fellows, and stand up in a row,

     F         C               F            C
To singing sentimentally we’re going for to go;

C                                G
In the Army there’s sobriety, promotion’s very slow,

          F            C            F             C
So, we’ll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens, Oh!
[Chorus]
C                         G
Oh! Benny Havens, Oh! Oh! Benny Havens, Oh!

      F            C            F             C
We’ll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens, Oh!
[Verse 2]
G7      C                       G
To our kind old Alma Mater, our rockbound highland home,

      F         C                     F                  C
We’ll cast back many a fond regret as o’er life’s sea we roam;

   C                                       G
Until on our last battlefield the light of heaven shall glow,

      F             C                F             C
We’ll never fail to drink to her and Benny Havens, Oh!
[Chorus]
C                         G
Oh! Benny Havens, Oh! Oh! Benny Havens, Oh!

      F            C            F             C
We’ll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens, Oh!
[Verse 3]
G7      C                         G
May the army be augmented, may promotion be less slow,

        F              C               F             C
May our country in the hour of need be ready for the foe;

   C                                  G
May we find a soldier’s resting place beneath a soldier’s blow,

     F           C                     F             C
With room enough beside our graves for Benny Havens, Oh!
[Chorus]
C                         G
Oh! Benny Havens, Oh! Oh! Benny Havens, Oh!

      F             C           F             C
We’ll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens, Oh!