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This rhythmic assembly of poetry captures the shifting tides of the late nineteenth century, reflecting the grandeur and the heavy cost of a vast, expanding empire.
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GenrePoetry
Length5 hrs 52 mins
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Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS 1889-1891
49A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
2BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS AND OTHER VERSES
50THE FIRST CHANTEY
3BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
51THE LAST CHANTEY
4TOMMY
52THE MERCHANTMEN
5“FUZZY-WUZZY”
53M'ANDREW'S HYMN
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6SOLDIER, SOLDIER
54THE MIRACLES
7SCREW-GUNS
55THE NATIVE-BORN
8CELLS
56THE KING
9GUNGA DIN
57THE RHYME OF THE THREE SEALERS
10OONTS
58THE DERELICT
11LOOT
59THE ANSWER
12“SNARLEYOW”
60THE SONG OF THE BANJO
13THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR
61THE LINER SHE'S A LADY
14BELTS
62MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT
15THE YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER
63ANCHOR SONG
16MANDALAY
64THE LOST LEGION
17TROOPIN'
65THE SEA-WIFE
18THE WIDOW'S PARTY
66HYMN BEFORE ACTION
19FORD O' KABUL RIVER
67TO THE TRUE ROMANCE
20GENTLEMEN-RANKERS
68THE FLOWERS
21ROUTE MARCHIN'
69THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS
22SHILLIN' A DAY
70IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE
23OTHER VERSES
71THE STORY OF UNG
24THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST
72THE THREE-DECKER
25THE LAST SUTTEE
73AN AMERICAN
26THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S MERCY
74THE “MARY GLOSTER”
27THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S JEST
75SESTINA OF THE TRAMP-ROYAL
28WITH SCINDIA TO DELHI
76BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
29THE BALLAD OF BOH DA THONE
77“BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN”
30THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER CATTLE THIEF
78“BIRDS OF PREY” MARCH
31THE RHYME OF THE THREE CAPTAINS
79“SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO”
32THE BALLAD OF THE “CLAMPHERDOWN”
80SAPPERS
33THE BALLAD OF THE “BOLIVAR”
81THAT DAY
34THE SACRIFICE OF ER-HEB
82“THE MEN THAT FOUGHT AT MINDEN”
35THE EXPLANATION
83CHOLERA CAMP
36THE GIFT OF THE SEA
84THE LADIES
37EVARRA AND HIS GODS
85BILL 'AWKINS
38THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS
86THE MOTHER-LODGE
39THE LEGEND OF EVIL
87“FOLLOW ME 'OME”
40THE ENGLISH FLAG
88THE SERGEANT'S WEDDIN'
41“CLEARED”
89THE JACKET
42AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT
90THE 'EATHEN
43TOMLINSON
91THE SHUT-EYE SENTRY
44L'ENVOI TO “LIFE'S HANDICAP”
92“MARY, PITY WOMEN!”
45L'ENVOI
93FOR TO ADMIRE
46THE SEVEN SEAS
94L'ENVOI
47DEDICATION: To the City of Bombay
95IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
48THE SEVEN SEAS
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