Water, get it! Pannee lao!

You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din.”

The uniform ’e wore

Was nothin’ much before,

An’ rather less than ’arf o’ that be’ind,

For a piece o’ twisty rag

An’ a goatskin water-bag

Was all the field equipment ’e could find.

When the sweatin’ troop-train lay

In a sidin’ through the day,