FORD O' KABUL RIVER Kabul town's by Kabul river,
GENTLEMEN-RANKERS To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned,
ROUTE MARCHIN' We're marchin' on relief over Injia's sunny plains,
SHILLIN' A DAY My name is O'Kelly, I've heard the Revelly,
OTHER VERSES
THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
THE LAST SUTTEE Udai Chand lay sick to death,
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S MERCY Abdhur Rahman, the Durani Chief, of him is the story told,
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S JEST When spring-time flushes the desert grass,
WITH SCINDIA TO DELHI The wreath of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck,
THE BALLAD OF BOH DA THONE This is the ballad of Boh Da Thone,
THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER CATTLE THIEF O woe is me for the merry life,
THE RHYME OF THE THREE CAPTAINS . . . At the close of a winter day,
THE BALLAD OF THE “CLAMPHERDOWN” It was our war-ship Clampherdown,
THE BALLAD OF THE “BOLIVAR” Seven men from all the world back to Docks again,
THE SACRIFICE OF ER-HEB Er-Heb beyond the Hills of Ao-Safai,
THE EXPLANATION Love and Death once ceased their strife,
THE GIFT OF THE SEA The dead child lay in the shroud,
EVARRA AND HIS GODS Read here: This is the story of Evarra -- man --,
THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
THE LEGEND OF EVIL This is the sorrowful story,
THE ENGLISH FLAG Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro,
“CLEARED” Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt,
AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed,
TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square,
L'ENVOI TO “LIFE'S HANDICAP” My new-cut ashlar takes the light,
L'ENVOI There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield,
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Verses 1889-1896 · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.