Barrack-Room Ballads
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The Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses are a set of martial songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling
originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892, the second in 1896. Many have become classic military ditties, still well known, and are closely linked to British imperialism
in many minds, particularly "Gunga Din
", "Tommy" and "Danny Deever
".
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892, the second in 1896. Many have become classic military ditties, still well known, and are closely linked to British imperialism
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
in many minds, particularly "Gunga Din
Gunga Din
-Background:The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of a British soldier, about a native water-bearer who saves the soldier's life but dies himself. The last line suggests a deep-down unease of conscience about the prevailing views of natural hierarchies, both in the depicted...
", "Tommy" and "Danny Deever
Danny Deever
Danny Deever is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, one of the first of the Barrack-Room Ballads. It received wide critical and popular acclaim, and is often regarded as one of the most significant pieces of Kipling's early verse. The poem, a ballad, describes the execution of a British soldier in...
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First series (1892)
- Dedication: To T.A.
- Danny DeeverDanny DeeverDanny Deever is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, one of the first of the Barrack-Room Ballads. It received wide critical and popular acclaim, and is often regarded as one of the most significant pieces of Kipling's early verse. The poem, a ballad, describes the execution of a British soldier in...
- Tommy
- Fuzzy-WuzzyFuzzy-WuzzyFuzzy-Wuzzy is a poem by the English author and poet Rudyard Kipling, published in 1892 as part of Barrack Room Ballads. It describes the respect of the ordinary British soldier for the bravery of the Hadendoa warriors who fought the British army in the Sudan.-Background:"Fuzzy-Wuzzy" was the term...
- Soldier, Soldier
- Screw-Guns
- Cells
- Gunga DinGunga Din-Background:The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of a British soldier, about a native water-bearer who saves the soldier's life but dies himself. The last line suggests a deep-down unease of conscience about the prevailing views of natural hierarchies, both in the depicted...
- Oonts
- Loot
- Snarleyow
- The Widow at WindsorThe Widow at Windsor"The Widow at Windsor" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, part of the first set of the Barrack-Room Ballads, published in 1892.The eponymous "widow" is Queen Victoria. This poem talks about Queen Victoria and how the Empire she rules is so powerful because of the sacrifices that her soldiers make....
- Belts
- The Young British Soldier
- MandalayMandalay (poem)Mandalay is a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling that was first published in the collection Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses, the first series, published in 1892....
- Troopin'
- The Widow's Party
- Ford o' Kabul River
- Gentlemen-Rankers
- Route Marchin'
- Shillin' a Day
Second Series (1896)
- Bobs
- "Back to the Army Again"
- "Birds of Prey" March
- "Soldier an; Sailor Too"
- Sappers
- That Day
- "The Men that fought at Minden"
- Cholera Camp
- The Ladies
- Bill 'Awkins
- The Mother Lodge
- "Follow Me 'Ome"
- The Sergeant's Weddin'
- The Jacket
- The 'Eathen
- The Shut-Eye Sentry
- "Mary, Pity Women!"
- For to Admire
See also
- List of the works of Rudyard Kipling
- 1892 in poetry1892 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Butler Yeats founds the Irish Literary Society in Dublin....
- 1896 in poetry1896 in poetry— closing lines of Rudyard Kipling's If—, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:...
- The Whiffenpoof Song (adapted from Gentlemen-Rankers)
External links
- Barrack-Room Ballads - Free e-book #2819 at Project GutenbergProject GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books...