I need to correct those lyrics after finding the song. I guess I shouldn't have posted before checking them out. I hope I've winnowed out errors:
Have you heard about the soldier in the U.S. Cavalry Who is built like Lookout Mountain, taller than a redwood tree? With his iron fist he'll drop an ox with just one mighty blow! John Henry was a weakling next to Captain Buffalo.
He'll march all night, and he'll march all day, And he'll wear out a twenty-mule team along the way. Roll the drum! Roll the drum! Let the bugle blow! You've never seen a man though like the Captain Buffalo!
With a hoot and holler and a ring-a-dang-do. Hup-two-three-four! Captain Buffalo!
Said the private to the sergeant, "Tell me, Sergeant, if you can, Did you ever see a mountain come a-walking like a man?" Said the sergeant to the private, "You're a rookie, ain't you though? Or else you'd be a-recognizing Captain Buffalo."