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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Dedication
01:11 - Chapter 2
Danny Deever
03:00 - Chapter 3
Tommy
03:34 - Chapter 4
Fuzzy-Wuzzy
02:58 - Chapter 5
Soldier, Soldier
02:44 - Chapter 6
Screw-Guns
04:39 - Chapter 7
Cells
02:19 - Chapter 8
Gunga Din
04:15 - Chapter 9
Oonts
03:21 - Chapter 10
Loot
05:53 - Chapter 11
'Snarleyow'
03:09 - Chapter 12
The Widow at Windsor
02:36 - Chapter 13
Belts
03:38 - Chapter 14
The Young British Soldier
06:38 - Chapter 15
Mandalay
03:59 - Chapter 16
Troopin'
02:40 - Chapter 17
The Widow's Party
02:47 - Chapter 18
Ford o' Kabul River
02:53 - Chapter 19
Gentlemen Rankers
03:47 - Chapter 20
Route Marchin'
04:44 - Chapter 21
Shillin' a Day
01:28 - Chapter 22
'Bobs'
03:14 - Chapter 23
'Back to the Army Again'
03:37 - Chapter 24
'Birds of Prey' March
02:36 - Chapter 25
'Soldier an' Salor Too'
03:55 - Chapter 26
Sappers
05:01 - Chapter 27
That Day
02:38 - Chapter 28
'The Men that fought at Minden'
03:18 - Chapter 29
Cholera Camp
03:53 - Chapter 30
The Ladies
03:37 - Chapter 31
Bill 'Awkins
01:31 - Chapter 32
The Mother-Lodge
02:49 - Chapter 33
'Follow Me 'Ome'
02:23 - Chapter 34
The Sergeant's Weddin'
02:30 - Chapter 35
The Jacket
04:29 - Chapter 36
The 'Eathen
05:09 - Chapter 37
The Shut-Eye Sentry
04:12 - Chapter 38
'Mary, Pity Women!'
02:37 - Chapter 39
For to Admire
03:16