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Invalid Corps (Invalid Corps, Union)
Unfortunately, I will be unable to update this for the next week as I am going away and will not have internet access or a computer. I will try to update again tomorrow but might not be able too. Check next Sunday for a definite update.
This was a song about the Invalid Corps (later Veteran's Reserve Corps) operated during the Civil War to allow disabled soldiers to perform non-combat duties. For those of you who don't know, "invalid" is an older word for disabled persons.
I highly encourage you to look this song up and listen to it before reading. The stressing and speed of each line tends to vary between verses.
I wanted much to go to war,
And went to be examined;
The surgeon looked me o'er and o'er,
My back and chest he hammered.
Said he, "You're not the man for me,
Your lungs are much affected,
And likewise both your eyes are cock'd,
And otherwise defected."
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So, now I'm with the Invalids,
And cannot go and fight, sir!
The doctor told me so, you know,
Of course it must be right, sir!
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While I was there a host of chaps
For reasons were exempted,
Old Balrog, he fell down a pit,
To pass he had attempted.
The wizard said, "I do not like
Your attitude towards me, sir!
You'll burn all of my Fellowship
Wherever you might be, sir!"
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So, now he's with the Invalids,
And cannot go and fight, sir!
The doctor told him so, you know,
Of course it must be right, sir!
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There came a cave troll, mighty tall,
With a spear lodged in his eyeball,
The Doctor said, "I ain't got time
To take and look you over."
Next came along a Nazgûl small,
Who was 'bout two foot nothing,
The Doctor said, "You'd better go
And tell old Witch-king you are coming!"
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So, now they're with the Invalids,
And cannot go and fight, sir!
The doctor told 'em so, you know,
Of course it must be right, sir!
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Some were sick of maggot bread,
And others wanted manflesh,
And some were "lank and lazy" too,
Some were too fond of orc-gut.
Some had "cork legs" and some "one eye",
With backs deformed and crooked,
I'll bet you'd laugh'd till you had cried,
To see how "cute" they look-ed.
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So, now they're with the Invalids,
And cannot go and fight, sir!
The doctor told 'em so, you know,
Of course it must be right, sir!
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