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Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling Read for LibriVox.org by Alan
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Mapstone You may talk a gin and beer When you're
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quartered safe out here And you're sent to penny fights
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And older shot it But when it comes to slaughter
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You will do your work on water And you'll lick
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the blooming boots Of him that's got it Now in
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Inja's sunny clime where i used to spend my time
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a serving of her majesty the queen of all them
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black-faced crew the finest man i knew was our regimental
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bishti gunga din he was din din din you limping
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lump of brickdust gunga din hi slippery hitherow walter get
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it panny low you squidgy nosed old idol the uniform
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he wore was nothing much before and rather less than
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half of that behind for a piece of twisted rag
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and a goatskin water-bag was all the field equipment he
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could find when the sweating troop-train lay in a siding
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through the day where the heat would make your blooming
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eyebrows crawl we shouted harry by till our throats were
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bricky dry then we whopped him cos he didn't serve
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us all. It was din, din, din. You even, where
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the mischief have you been? You put some juddly in it,
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or I'll marrow you this minute if you don't fill
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up my helmet, Gunga Din. He would dot and carry
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one till the longest day was done, and he didn't
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seem to know the use of fear. If we charged
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or broke or cut, you could bet your blooming nut
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he'd be waiting fifty paces right flank rear, with his
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music on his back, he would skip with our attack,
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and watch us till the bugles made retire, and for
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all his dirty hide, he was white, clear white inside,
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when he went to tend the wounded under fire, it
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was din, din, din, with the bullets kicking dust spots
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on the green, when the cartridges ran out, you could
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hear the front file shout hi ammunition mills and gunga
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din i shan't forget the night when i dropped behind
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the fight with a bullet where my belt plate should
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have been i was choking mad with thirst and the
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man that spied me first was our good old grinning
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grunting gunga din he lifted up my head and he
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plugged me where i bled and he guv'd me half
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a pint of water green it was crawling and it
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stunk but of all the drinks i've drunk i'm gratefulest
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to one from gunga din it was din din din
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here's a beggar with a bullet through his spleen he's
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chawing up the ground and he's kicking all around for
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gawd's sake get the water gunga din he carried me
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away to where a dooley lay and a bullet come
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and drilled the beggar clean he put me safe inside
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and just before he died i hope you liked your
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drink says gunga din so i'll meet him later on
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at the place where he is gone where it's always
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double drill and no canteen he'll be squatting on the
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coals giving drink to poor damned souls and i'll get
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a swiggy now from gunga din yes din din din
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you lazarussian leather gunga din though I've belted you and
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flayed you by the living gold that made you, you're
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a better man than I am, Gunga Din. End of poem.
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This recording is in the public domain.
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Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling Read for LibriVox.org by Alan
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Mapstone You may talk a gin and beer When you're
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quartered safe out here And you're sent to penny fights
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And older shot it But when it comes to slaughter
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You will do your work on water And you'll lick
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the blooming boots Of him that's got it Now in
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Inja's sunny clime where i used to spend my time
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a serving of her majesty the queen of all them
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black-faced crew the finest man i knew was our regimental
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bishti gunga din he was din din din you limping
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lump of brickdust gunga din hi slippery hitherow walter get
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it panny low you squidgy nosed old idol the uniform
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he wore was nothing much before and rather less than
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half of that behind for a piece of twisted rag
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and a goatskin water-bag was all the field equipment he
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could find when the sweating troop-train lay in a siding
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through the day where the heat would make your blooming
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eyebrows crawl we shouted harry by till our throats were
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bricky dry then we whopped him cos he didn't serve
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us all. It was din, din, din. You even, where
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the mischief have you been? You put some juddly in it,
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or I'll marrow you this minute if you don't fill
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up my helmet, Gunga Din. He would dot and carry
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one till the longest day was done, and he didn't
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seem to know the use of fear. If we charged
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or broke or cut, you could bet your blooming nut
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he'd be waiting fifty paces right flank rear, with his
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music on his back, he would skip with our attack,
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and watch us till the bugles made retire, and for
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all his dirty hide, he was white, clear white inside,
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when he went to tend the wounded under fire, it
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was din, din, din, with the bullets kicking dust spots
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on the green, when the cartridges ran out, you could
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hear the front file shout hi ammunition mills and gunga
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din i shan't forget the night when i dropped behind
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the fight with a bullet where my belt plate should
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have been i was choking mad with thirst and the
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man that spied me first was our good old grinning
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grunting gunga din he lifted up my head and he
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plugged me where i bled and he guv'd me half
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a pint of water green it was crawling and it
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stunk but of all the drinks i've drunk i'm gratefulest
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to one from gunga din it was din din din
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here's a beggar with a bullet through his spleen he's
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chawing up the ground and he's kicking all around for
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gawd's sake get the water gunga din he carried me
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away to where a dooley lay and a bullet come
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and drilled the beggar clean he put me safe inside
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and just before he died i hope you liked your
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drink says gunga din so i'll meet him later on
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at the place where he is gone where it's always
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double drill and no canteen he'll be squatting on the
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coals giving drink to poor damned souls and i'll get
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a swiggy now from gunga din yes din din din
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you lazarussian leather gunga din though I've belted you and
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flayed you by the living gold that made you, you're
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a better man than I am, Gunga Din. End of poem.
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This recording is in the public domain.
