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Page 4
... mist , ye know where his pickets are . ' At dusk he harries the Abazai - at dawn he is into Bonair , ' But he must go by Fort Bukloh to his own place to fare , ' So if ye gallop to Fort Bukloh as fast as a bird can fly , ' By the favour ...
... mist , ye know where his pickets are . ' At dusk he harries the Abazai - at dawn he is into Bonair , ' But he must go by Fort Bukloh to his own place to fare , ' So if ye gallop to Fort Bukloh as fast as a bird can fly , ' By the favour ...
Page 42
... mist ― a scattering fight— A volley from cover - a corpse in the clearing- The glimpse of a loin - cloth and heavy jade earring— The flare of a village — the tally of slain- And ... the Boh was abroad ' on the raid ' again ! They cursed ...
... mist ― a scattering fight— A volley from cover - a corpse in the clearing- The glimpse of a loin - cloth and heavy jade earring— The flare of a village — the tally of slain- And ... the Boh was abroad ' on the raid ' again ! They cursed ...
Page 48
... mist of some devilish dream-- Forgotten , forgotten the sweat of the shambles Where the hill - daisy blooms and the grey monkey gambols , From the sword - belt set free and released from the steel , The Peace of the Lord is with Captain ...
... mist of some devilish dream-- Forgotten , forgotten the sweat of the shambles Where the hill - daisy blooms and the grey monkey gambols , From the sword - belt set free and released from the steel , The Peace of the Lord is with Captain ...
Page 79
... mist Knee - deep , so that men waded as they walked . That night , the Red Horse grazed above the Dam , Beyond the cattle - troughs . Men heard him feed , And those that heard him sickened where they lay . Thus came the sickness to Er ...
... mist Knee - deep , so that men waded as they walked . That night , the Red Horse grazed above the Dam , Beyond the cattle - troughs . Men heard him feed , And those that heard him sickened where they lay . Thus came the sickness to Er ...
Page 80
... mist . That night , the Red Horse grazed beyond the Dam A stone's throw from the troughs . Men heard him feed , And those that heard him sickened where they lay . Thus came the sickness to Er - Heb , and slew Of men a score , and of the ...
... mist . That night , the Red Horse grazed beyond the Dam A stone's throw from the troughs . Men heard him feed , And those that heard him sickened where they lay . Thus came the sickness to Er - Heb , and slew Of men a score , and of the ...
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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