Barrack-Room Ballads

by Rudyard Kipling

39 chapters2h 12mEnglish1892

About this book

Barrack-Room Ballads is a collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling which describe life in the British Army, particularly in India, in his time. The poems are written in the voice and language of soldiers of that time. The collection includes some of his best known poems. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Chapters (38)

1Danny Deever

180

2Tommy

214

3Fuzzy-Wuzzy

178

4Soldier, Soldier

164

5Screw-Guns

279

6Cells

139

7Gunga Din

255

8Oonts

201

9Loot

353

10'Snarleyow'

189

11The Widow at Windsor

156

12Belts

218

13The Young British Soldier

398

14Mandalay

239

15Troopin'

160

16The Widow's Party

167

17Ford o' Kabul River

173

18Gentlemen Rankers

227

19Route Marchin'

284

20Shillin' a Day

21'Bobs'

194

22'Back to the Army Again'

217

23'Birds of Prey' March

156

24'Soldier an' Salor Too'

235

25Sappers

301

26That Day

158

27'The Men that fought at Minden'

198

28Cholera Camp

233

29The Ladies

217

30Bill 'Awkins

31The Mother-Lodge

169

32'Follow Me 'Ome'

143

33The Sergeant's Weddin'

150

34The Jacket

269

35The 'Eathen

309

36The Shut-Eye Sentry

252

37'Mary, Pity Women!'

157

38For to Admire

196

Barrack-Room Ballads

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