# Barrack-Room Ballads - Author: [Rudyard Kipling](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling.md) - Quotes: 26 - Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads ## Quotes > So I'll meet 'im later on > > At the place where 'e is gone— > > Where it's always double drill and no canteen. > > 'E'll be squattin' on the coals > > Givin' drink to poor damned souls, > > An' I'll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din! > > Yes, Din! Din! Din! > > You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din! > > Though I've belted you and flayed you, > > By the livin' Gawd that made you, > > You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/so-ill-meet.md) > For to admire an' for to see, > > For to be'old this world so wide— > > It never done no good to me, > > But I can't drop it if I tried! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/for-to-admire.md) > An' I learned about women from 'er. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/an-i-learned.md) > And oft-times cometh our wise Lord God, master of every trade, > > And tells them tales of His daily toil, of Edens newly made; > > And they rise to their feet as He passes by, gentlemen unafraid. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/and-oft-times-cometh.md) > For you all love the screw-guns the screw-guns they all love you! > > So when we take tea with a few guns, o' course you will know what to do—hoo! hoo! > > Jest send in your Chief an' surrender it's worse if you fights or you runs: > > You may hide in the caves, they'll be only your graves, but you can't get away from the guns! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/for-you-all.md) > I've taken my fun where I've found it; > > I've rogued an' I've ranged in my time. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/ive-taken-my-fun.md) > You may talk o' gin and beer > > When you're quartered safe out 'ere, > > An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it; > > But when it comes to slaughter > > You will do your work on water, > > An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/you-may-talk.md) > For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' “Chuck him out, the brute!” > > But it's “Saviour of 'is country” when the guns begin to shoot. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/for-its-tommy.md) > We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, > > But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; > > An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints, > > Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/we-arent-no-thin.md) > Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, > > Where there aren't no Ten Commandments, an' a man can raise a thirst. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/ship-me-somewheres.md) > We have done with Hope and Honour, we are lost to Love and Truth, > > We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung, > > And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth. > > God help us, for we knew the worst too young! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/we-have-done.md) > We're poor little lambs who've lost our way, > > Baa! Baa! Baa! > > We're little black sheep who've gone astray, > > Baa—aa—aa! > > Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree, > > Damned from here to Eternity, > > God ha' mercy on such as we, > > Baa! Yah! Bah! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/were-poor-little.md) > 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor > > With a hairy gold crown on 'er 'ead? > > She 'as ships on the foam—she 'as millions at 'ome, > > An' she pays us poor beggars in red. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/ave-you-eard.md) > To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned, > > To my brethren in their sorrow overseas, > > Sings a gentleman of England cleanly bred, machinely crammed, > > And a trooper of the Empress, if you please. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/to-the-legion.md) > “What are the bugles blowin' for?” said Files-on-Parade. > > “To turn you out, to turn you out”, the Colour-Sergeant said. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/what-are-the.md) > Oh the road to Mandalay > > Where the flyin'-fishes play > > An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer > > China 'crost the Bay! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/oh-the-road.md) > By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea, > > There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me; > > For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say: > > “Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!” [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/by-the-old.md) > When first under fire an' you're wishful to duck, > > Don't look nor take 'eed at the man that is struck, > > Be thankful you're livin', and trust to your luck > > And march to your front like a soldier. > > Front, front, front like a soldier... [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/when-first-under.md) > If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white, > > Remember it's ruin to run from a fight: > > So take open order, lie down, and sit tight, > > And wait for supports like a soldier. > > Wait, wait, wait like a soldier... [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/if-your-officers.md) > I've taken my fun where I've found it, > > An' now I must pay for my fun, > > For the more you 'ave known o' the others > > The less will you settle to one. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/ive-taken-my-fun-where.md) > But he couldn't lie if you paid him and he'd starve before he stole. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/but-he-couldnt.md) > 'E's all 'ot sand an' ginger when alive > > An' 'e's generally shammin' when 'e's dead. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/es-all-ot-sand.md) > So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; > > You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/so-eres-to-you.md) > For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady, > > Are sisters under their skins. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/for-the-colonels.md) > They've taken of his buttons off an' cut his stripes away, > > An' they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/theyve-taken-of-his.md) > When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, > > And the women come out to cut up what remains, > > Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains > > An' go to your Gawd like a soldier. > > Go, go, go like a soldier, > > Go, go, go like a soldier, > > Go, go, go like a soldier, > > So-oldier of the Queen! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rudyard-kipling/barrack-room-ballads/when-youre-wounded.md)