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Barrack-Room Ballads
by Rudyard Kipling

When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre,
He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;
An' what he thought 'e might require,
'E went an' took -- the same as me!

The market-girls an' fishermen,
The shepherds an' the sailors, too,
They 'eard old songs turn up again,
But kep' it quiet -- same as you!

They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed.
They didn't tell, nor make a fuss,
But winked at 'Omer down the road,
An' 'e winked back -- the same as us!


10 posted on 10/05/2006 8:39:28 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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Good night everyone.
Please remember our troops with a prayer.

11 posted on 10/05/2006 8:48:03 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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