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Today's Song: Stop the Cavalry by the Corey Band with the Gwalia Singers

Since I've already listed a song that you can only get by walking into a Silver Platters store, I figure I'd add a second song that you can actually order from Silver Platters over the web. This song was uber-obscure for years. I remember Keith would tell me about it, and I had no idea what he was talking about. Then a few years ago Silver Platters released it on cd. It's a great, if oddball, song -- one of my favorite holiday tunes. These days you can even actually download the song from iTunes, and I can actually link you to a performance of the song:

Stop the Cavalry by the Cory Band and the Gwalia Singers

Komo TV - Where that 'Dub-a-Dub' Song Came From (a short story of the history of this song and why it's popular in Seattle).

Stop the Cavalry
by Jona Lewie

Hey, Mr. Churchill comes over here
to say we're doing splendidly
But it's very cold out here in the snow,
marching to win from the enemy
Oh I say it's tough, I have had enough
Can you stop the cavalry?
I have had to fight, almost every night
down throughout these centuries
that is when I say, oh yes yet again
Can you stop the cavalry?
Mary Bradley waits at home
in the nuclear fall-out zone
Wish I could be dancing now
in the arms of the girl I love

Chorus:
Dub a dub a dum dum
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dum dum dub a dub
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dub a dum dum
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dum dum dub a dub
Dub a dub a dum
Wish I was at home for Christmas

Bang! That's another bomb on another town
While Lusar and Jim have tea
If I get home, live to tell the tale
I'll run for all presidencies
If I get elected I'll stop- I will stop the cavalry

Chorus

Wish I could be dancing now
in the arms of the girl I love
Mary Bradley waits at home
She has been waiting 2 years long
Wish I was at home for Christmas