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Sherry In The Saddle.

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Sherry's not in saddle,     Sherry's not in saddle,     Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!     Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!     Boys in blue skedaddle,     Boys in blue skedaddle,     Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!     Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!     Sherry's not in saddle,     Sherry's not in saddle,     The Southron gray     Is King to-day,     For Sherry's not in saddle.     Sherry's in the saddle,     Sherry's in the saddle,     Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!     Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!     Boys in gray skedaddle,     Boys in gray skedaddle,     Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!     Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!     Sherry's in the saddle,     Sherry's in the saddle,     The Southron gray     Bites grass to-day,     For Sherry's in the saddle,     Sherry in the saddle,     Sherry in the saddle,     Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!     Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!     Union foes skedaddle,     Union foes skedaddle,     Zip-zip-zip! Zip-zip-zip!     Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!     Sherry in the saddle,     Sherry in the saddle,     By night or day,     'Twixt Blue and Gray,     There's hell to pay,     When Sherry's in the saddle.

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