The version heard by John S. Eberhardt in 1941 in the U.S. 112th Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, N.C., has the same form, with the final verses as follows (from "The Old Gray Mare," N.Y.: iUniverse, 2005, pp. 129-32):

"The colonel's wife's too fat," said the generals,
"Nuts, nuts, nuts!" said the colonels,
"The army's gone to hell!" said the majors,
"Where are my boots and spurs!" said the captains,
"We do all the work," said the loot'nants,
"Forward, right by squads," said the sergeants
"Hut-two, hut-two, hut," said the corporals
"Beer, beer, beer ," said the privates,
"Merry men are we.
There's none so fair, as can compare
With the Horse Artillery."