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Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines 
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines 
I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines I feed my horse on corn and beans, And sport young ladies in their teens Tho' a Captain in the Army.
 I teach the ladies how to dance
 How to dance, how to dance
 I teach the ladies how to dance
 For I'm the pet of the Army 
cho: I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
 I feed my horse on corn and beans,
 And often live beyond my means
 Tho' a Captain in the Army. 
I joined the Corps when twenty-one Of course I thought it capital fun When the enemy comes, of course I run For I'm not cut out for the Army.
 When I left home, mamma she cried
 Mamma she cried, mamma she cried,
 When I left home, mamma she cried,
 "He's not cut out for the Army." 
The first time I went out for drill The bugler sounding made me ill Of the battlefield I'd had my fill For I'm not cut out for the Army, The officers, they all did shout
 They all did shout, they all did shout,
 The officers, they all did shout,
 "Why, kick him out of the Army!" 
Note: An English music hall number that was very popular in the
 U.S. around the turn of the (last) century: It survives chiefly as a singing square dance call. RG