Barrack-Room Ballads

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <p><br/><br/></p> <h1> BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS </h1> <p><br/></p> <h2> By Rudyard Kipling </h2> <p><br/><br/></p> <h3> Dedication: To T. A. </h3> <p><br/></p> <hr /> <p><br/></p> <blockquote> <p><big><b>CONTENTS</b></big></p> <p><br/></p> <p><SPAN href="#linkfirst"> <b>First Series (1892)</b> </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0001"> Danny Deever </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0002"> Tommy </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0003"> Fuzzy-Wuzzy </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0004"> Soldier, Soldier </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0005"> Screw-Guns </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0006"> Cells </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0007"> Gunga Din </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0008"> Oonts </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0009"> Loot </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0010"> 'Snarleyow' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0011"> The Widow at Windsor </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0012"> Belts </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0013"> The Young British Soldier </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0014"> Mandalay </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0015"> Troopin' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0016"> The Widow's Party </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0017"> Ford o' Kabul River </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0018"> Gentlemen-Rankers </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0019"> Route Marchin' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0020"> Shillin' a Day </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0021"> <b>Second Series (1896)</b> </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0022"> 'Bobs' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0023"> 'Back to the Army Again' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0024"> 'Birds of Prey' March </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0025"> 'Soldier an' Salor Too' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0026"> Sappers </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0027"> That Day </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0028"> 'The Men that fought at Minden' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0029"> Cholera Camp </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0030"> The Ladies </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0031"> Bill 'Awkins </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0032"> The Mother-Lodge </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0033"> 'Follow Me 'Ome' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0034"> The Sergeant's Weddin' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#linkjacket"> The Jacket </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0035"> The 'Eathen </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0036"> 'Mary, Pity Women!' </SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#link2H_4_0037"> For to Admire </SPAN></p> <p><br/></p> </blockquote> <p><br/></p> <hr /> <p><br/></p> <p>Dedication<br/> <br/> To T. A.<br/> I have made for you a song,<br/> And it may be right or wrong,<br/> But only you can tell me if it's true;<br/> I have tried for to explain<br/> Both your pleasure and your pain,<br/> And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!<br/> <br/> O there'll surely come a day<br/> When they'll give you all your pay,<br/> And treat you as a Christian ought to do;<br/> So, until that day comes round,<br/> Heaven keep you safe and sound,<br/> And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!<br/> <br/> R. K.<br/></p> <p><br/></p> <hr /> <p><SPAN name="linkfirst" id="linkfirst"></SPAN> <br/> <br/></p> <h1> First Series (1892) </h1> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />