The Tenth
Black and White.
Gold on blue.
Builders and horsemen.
Criminals and fools.
Sent west to guard and protect,
white men taking land from
red and brown men.
Bugle calls Assembly.
Heat and dust.
Cold and disease.
Boredom and routine.
Mucking stables.
Cleaning weapons.
Drill and march.
Rest and repeat
Bugle calls evening mess
Government beef and beans
Dominoes and cribbage end the day
Tattoo and Taps declare the night
Bugle calls boots and saddles.
Apache and Comanche.
Kiowa and Kickapoo.
Off the reservation.
Raiding ranchers and farmers.
Stealing horses and cattle.
White officers and Indian Scouts.
Buffalo soldiers patrolling desert plains.
Searching mountain passes and wells.
Fighting and dying for progress, and
Ten dollars a week.
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