First team, first cav, black and yellow patch. It's the greatest fighting team there is, no other one can match. First team, first cav, always number one. No matter what the job may be, the cav will get it done. In 1861 that's when the fifth began to be. Fighting in the south they put an end to slavery. Soon they fought the Indians to make history all the way. Later joined the first and remain until this day. They lost their use of horses back in 1943, training for a war which was way across the sea. Landing first in Manila and then first in Japan, cav proved itself to be the greatest in the land. First team, first cav, black and yellow patch. It's the greatest fighting team there is, no other one can match. First team, first cav, always number one. No matter what the job may be, the cav will get it done. Next was Korea where they'd land in Pohang-dong. There they pucked the Reds whose aggression was so strong. The Reds kept it coming with their human waves of hell. Soon the cav pushed them back to the 38th parallel. Now the cav's in Nam fighting every single day. On the ground, in the air, air mobile all the way. Where the action is, that's where their cavalry will be. Kicking tail and bringing hell on top the enemy. First team, first cav, black and yellow patch. It's the greatest fighting team there is, no other one can match. First team, first cav, always number one. No matter what the job may be, the cav will get it done.