Upidee

Upidee lyrics according to Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the CSA V2) are a humorous complaint about the bugler. "He saw, as in their bunks they lay, Tra la la! Tra la la! How soldiers spent the dawning day Tra la la la la "There's too much comfort there," said he, "And so I'll blow the 'Reveille'." (I wonder if Irvin Berlin knew the song.)

Most of us probably know Upidee better from this:

But perhaps this is weirder: the tune went into a hymnary to accompany a modified version of Longfellow's Excelsior!

I would have had a little talk with the music minister after the service....