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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOOTS, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We're foot - slog - slog - sloggin' over africa Last Line: An' there's no discharge in the war! Subject(s): Army Life; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Patriotism; War; Drills & Minor Tactics; British Empire; England - Empire | |||
(Infantry Columns) WE'RE FOOT -- slog -- slog -- slog -- sloggin' over Africa, Foot -- foot -- foot -- foot -- sloggin' over Africa -- (Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up and down again!) There's no discharge in the war! Seven -- six -- eleven -- five -- nine-an'-twenty mile to-day -- Four -- eleven -- seventeen -- thirty-two the day before -- (Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up and down again!) There's no discharge in the war! Don't -- don't -- don't -- don't -- look at what's in front of you. (Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again), Men -- men -- men -- men -- men go mad with watchin' 'em, An' there's no discharge in the war! Try -- try -- try -- try -- to think o' something different -- Oh -- my -- God -- keep -- me from goin' lunatic! (Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again!) There's no discharge in the war! Count -- count -- count -- count -- the bullets in the bandoliers. If -- your -- eyes -- drop -- they will get atop o' you. (Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up and down again) -- There's no discharge in the war! We -- can -- stick -- out -- 'unger, thirst, an' weariness, But -- not -- not -- not -- not the chronic sight of 'em -- Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again, An' there's no discharge in the war! 'Tain't -- so -- bad -- by -- day because o' company, But -- night -- brings -- long -- strings -- o' forty thousand million Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again. There's no discharge in the war! I -- 'ave -- marched -- six -- weeks in 'Ell an' certify It -- is -- not -- fire -- devils -- dark or anything, But boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again, An' there's no discharge in the war! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLONISATION IN REVERSE by SIMONE LOUISE BENNETT NIGHTSONG: CITY by DENNIS BRUTUS NIGHT RAIN by JOHN PEPPER CLARK RECESSIONAL by RUDYARD KIPLING VITAI LAMPADA by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT ONE NIGHT AT VICTORIA BEACH by GABRIEL OKARA PARACHUTE MEN by LENRIE PETERS FUZZY-WUZZY' (SOUDAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE) by RUDYARD KIPLING |
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