Benny Havens, Oh!

From The Centennial of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (1904) by Edward S. Holden:

Volume II, Statistics and Bibliographies, page 93.

1834-1838. The song "Benny Havens" said to have seen written by J.T. Metcalfe, U.S. Military Academy, 1838. Annual Reunion, Association of Graduates, June 9th, 1902, page 129.

He early had a taste for versifying, and with skill at the guitar and a good tenor voice composed many a ditty to pass away the idle time. It was thus that he came to write the celebrated song, "Benny Havens Oh." This is generally attributed to another author, who elaborated what was in him a passing gleam of fun.

1834-1838. The unpublished poetic writings of Lieutenant Lucius O'Brien, deceased, Eighth U.S. Infantry, transcribed from the original by his son. Leavenworth, 1866. I volume, Original, pages 17. Petite Coquille, pages 6-7; Benny Havens, pages 8-11.

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