Verses 1889-1896
TO WOLCOTT BALESTIER Beyond the path of the outmost sun through utter darkness hurled —
BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
To T. A. I have made for you a song,
DANNY DEEVER “What are the bugles blowin' for?” said Files-on-Parade.
TOMMY I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
“FUZZY-WUZZY” We've fought with many men acrost the seas,
SOLDIER, SOLDIER “Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
SCREW-GUNS Smokin' my pipe on the mountings, sniffin' the mornin' cool,
CELLS I've a head like a concertina: I've a tongue like a button-stick:
GUNGA DIN You may talk o' gin and beer
OONTS Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire?
LOOT If you've ever stole a pheasant-egg be'ind the keeper's back,
Rudyard Kipling
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VOLUME XI
VERSES 1889-1896
CONTENTS FOLLOWED BY FIRST LINES
BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS AND OTHER VERSES
BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
TOMMY
“FUZZY-WUZZY”
SOLDIER, SOLDIER
SCREW-GUNS
CELLS
GUNGA DIN
OONTS
LOOT
“SNARLEYOW”
THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR
BELTS
THE YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER
MANDALAY
TROOPIN'
THE WIDOW'S PARTY
FORD O' KABUL RIVER
GENTLEMEN-RANKERS
ROUTE MARCHIN'
SHILLIN' A DAY
OTHER VERSES
THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST
THE LAST SUTTEE
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S MERCY
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S JEST
WITH SCINDIA TO DELHI
THE BALLAD OF BOH DA THONE
THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER CATTLE THIEF
THE RHYME OF THE THREE CAPTAINS
THE BALLAD OF THE “CLAMPHERDOWN”
THE BALLAD OF THE “BOLIVAR”
THE SACRIFICE OF ER-HEB
THE EXPLANATION
THE GIFT OF THE SEA
EVARRA AND HIS GODS
THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS
THE LEGEND OF EVIL
THE ENGLISH FLAG
“CLEARED”
AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT
TOMLINSON
L'ENVOI TO “LIFE'S HANDICAP”
L'ENVOI
THE SEVEN SEAS
DEDICATION
THE SEVEN SEAS
A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
THE FIRST CHANTEY
THE LAST CHANTEY
THE MERCHANTMEN
M'ANDREW'S HYMN
THE MIRACLES
THE NATIVE-BORN
THE KING
THE RHYME OF THE THREE SEALERS
THE DERELICT
THE ANSWER
THE SONG OF THE BANJO
THE LINER SHE'S A LADY
MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT
ANCHOR SONG
THE LOST LEGION
THE SEA-WIFE
HYMN BEFORE ACTION
TO THE TRUE ROMANCE
THE FLOWERS
THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS
IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE
THE STORY OF UNG
THE THREE-DECKER
AN AMERICAN
THE “MARY GLOSTER”
SESTINA OF THE TRAMP-ROYAL
BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
“BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN”
“BIRDS OF PREY” MARCH
“SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO”
SAPPERS
THAT DAY
“THE MEN THAT FOUGHT AT MINDEN”
CHOLERA CAMP
THE LADIES
BILL 'AWKINS
THE MOTHER-LODGE
“FOLLOW ME 'OME”
THE SERGEANT'S WEDDIN'
THE JACKET
THE 'EATHEN
THE SHUT-EYE SENTRY
“MARY, PITY WOMEN!”
FOR TO ADMIRE
L'ENVOI