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