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boots and saddles! Most Americans are familiar with the old western song “Give Me My Boots and My Saddle,” but this fa- miliar cavalry call has nothing to do with boots and saddles, as one might suspect. It derives from the old French cavalry com- mand Boute selle! (“Put saddle!”), which the British corrupted to boot and saddle and which American cavalrymen further corrupted to boots and saddles! |