Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling
page 67 of 80 (83%)
page 67 of 80 (83%)
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What's the use o' tellin'
'Arf the lot she's been? 'E's a bloomin' robber, An' 'e keeps canteen. 'Ow did 'e get 'is buggy? Gawd, you needn't ask! 'Made 'is forty gallon Out of every cask! Watch 'im, with 'is 'air cut, Count us filin' by -- Won't the Colonel praise 'is Pop -- u -- lar -- i -- ty! We 'ave scores to settle -- Scores for more than beer; She's the girl to pay 'em -- That is why we're 'ere! See the chaplain thinkin'? See the women smile? Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle? Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band. Ho! You 'oly beggars, Cough be'ind your 'and! Now it's done an' over, 'Ear the organ squeak, "'Voice that breathed o'er Eden" -- |
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