Farewell to you, Captain   The bravest in command   Goodbye to all the soldiers   Who didn't give a damn      For we're goin' back to Richmond   Buddy, leavin' here today   Gonna sell our rifles for a jug   And get drunk along the way      'Twas in Virginia harbor   Gen'ral Parker disappeared   Tied sleeping soundly to a tree      How we wept as we launched him   And so cheerfully we cheered   As the Gen'ral drifted slowly out to sea      Farewell to you, Captain   The bravest in command   Goodbye to all the soldiers   Who didn't give a damn      For we're goin' back to Richmond   Buddy, leavin' here today   Gonna sell our rifles for a jug   And get drunk along the way      At the battle of Manassas   I had my certain chance   To bravely fight the red and white and blue      I was so blasted brave   I stuck branches in my pants   And, yes, I played a tree 'til it was through      Please don't think that we are cowards   What a horrible suggestion   It's just that we don't feel that we belong      Bobby misses his dear mother   John has acid indigestion   And I think I feel a migraine coming on      Farewell to you, Captain   The bravest in command   Goodbye to all the soldiers   Who didn't give a damn      For we're goin' back to Richmond   Buddy, leavin' here today   Gonna sell our rifles for a jug   And get drunk along the way      Farewell to you, Captain   We're goin' to leave you now