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... 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 , 156 160 163 OONTS ! Wot makes the soldier's ' eart to penk Xiv CONTENTS.
... 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 , 156 160 163 OONTS ! Wot makes the soldier's ' eart to penk Xiv CONTENTS.
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... head of the gallows - tree . The Colonel's son to the Fort has won , they bid him stay to eat- Who rides at the tail of a Border thief , he sits not long at his meat . He's up and away from Fort Bukloh as fast as he can fly , Till he ...
... head of the gallows - tree . The Colonel's son to the Fort has won , they bid him stay to eat- Who rides at the tail of a Border thief , he sits not long at his meat . He's up and away from Fort Bukloh as fast as he can fly , Till he ...
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Rudyard Kipling. The dun he leaned against the bit and slugged his head above , But the red mare played with the snaffle - bars , as a maiden plays with a glove . There was rock to the left and rock to the right , and low lean thorn ...
Rudyard Kipling. The dun he leaned against the bit and slugged his head above , But the red mare played with the snaffle - bars , as a maiden plays with a glove . There was rock to the left and rock to the right , and low lean thorn ...
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... head on my breast , as I have held it high , " The kite that whistles above us now were gorged till she could not fly . ' Lightly answered the Colonel's son : - ' Do good to bird and beast , ' But count who come for the broken meats ...
... head on my breast , as I have held it high , " The kite that whistles above us now were gorged till she could not fly . ' Lightly answered the Colonel's son : - ' Do good to bird and beast , ' But count who come for the broken meats ...
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... head . ' So thou must eat the White Queen's meat , and all her foes are thine , ' And thou must harry thy father's hold for the peace of the Border - line , ' And thou must make a trooper tough and hack EAST AND WEST 9.
... head . ' So thou must eat the White Queen's meat , and all her foes are thine , ' And thou must harry thy father's hold for the peace of the Border - line , ' And thou must make a trooper tough and hack EAST AND WEST 9.
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ain't Ao-Safai BALLAD BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS be'ind beggar Belts beneath best go look Bisesa blood bloomin Blow the bugle Boh Da Thone Bolivar Captain Colonel's Copyright curse Dacca Danny Deever dark dawn dead dear lass death Delhi town Devil drunk and resisting English Er-Heb ere's eyes fell fire Flag of England flame ford Fuzzy-Wuzzy goin grey Gunga Gunga Din guns hangin head heart Hell honour jezail Johnnie Kabul river Kamal King Kysh Lalun laughed Long Trail-the trail loot Lord Macmillan marchin mare mist mornin never night old trail oont orses Peshawur Priests Queen Red Horse resisting the Guard road to Mandalay row in Silver Scindia shame skipper soul stars sword Taman There's thou to-day Tommy toot troopin true love Twas Unlighted Shrine war-ship Clampherdown we're goin Widow at Windsor Widow give wind young British soldier