I know it from a trilogy of civil war songs, arranged -- if memory serves -- by Bob Gibson.

Now, let me see if I can remember the words.....

The First Battalion's Home
[Shel Silverstein and Bob (Hamilton) Camp]

Boom, ba-ba-boom, ba-ba-boom
Twelve riders in the gloom
Seven showed red and the rest are dead
But the first battalion's home

Boom, ba-ba-boom, ba-ba-boom
You can hear their hoofbeats boom
The drums are low and the pace is slow
But the first battalion's home

Bridge:
So run to your homes Virginia girls
Fix your hair with pins
Give them wine and kisses
But don't ask them where they've been

Boom, ba-ba-boom, ba-ba-boom
And Richmond is their tomb
There's a hundred dead at Richmond
Three hundred dead at Gettysburg
And a hundred more they never found
But the first battalion's home


I think that's it. The arrangement I use also works in Two Brothers and Yes I See, then ends with a reprise of the first verse of this song.

Hope that helps,

cheers,

david