HISTORY

Marching Song: Oh Benny Havens

Come fill your glasses fellows and stand up in a row,
To singing sentimentally, we’re going for to go,
In the army there’s sobriety, promotions very slow,
So we’ll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens Oh

Oh Benny Havens Oh, Oh Benny Havens Oh,
We’ll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens Oh

May the army be augmented, promotion be less slow,
May our country in the hour of need be ready for the foe,
May we find a soldier’s resting place beneath a soldier’s blow,
With room enough beside our graves for Benny Havens Oh

Oh Benny Havens Oh, Oh Benny Havens Oh,
We’ll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens Oh

(Benny Havens was a tavern located south of West Point where cadets would sneak off for a good meal and a pitcher of beer. Famous patrons included Jefferson Davis and George Armstrong Custer.) .