Barrack-Room Ballads


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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) (2 hr 12 min)

Chapters

Dedication 1:11 Read by Alan Mapstone
Danny Deever 3:00 Read by Alan Mapstone
Tommy 3:34 Read by Alan Mapstone
Fuzzy-Wuzzy 2:58 Read by Peter Yearsley
Soldier, Soldier 2:44 Read by Alan Mapstone
Screw-Guns 4:39 Read by KHand
Cells 2:19 Read by KHand
Gunga Din 4:15 Read by Alan Mapstone
Oonts 3:21 Read by dc
Loot 5:53 Read by Adrian Stephens
'Snarleyow' 3:09 Read by czandra
The Widow at Windsor 2:36 Read by Alan Mapstone
Belts 3:38 Read by dc
The Young British Soldier 6:38 Read by Sheridan Alistair
Mandalay 3:59 Read by Alan Mapstone
Troopin' 2:40 Read by Adrian Stephens
The Widow's Party 2:47 Read by Adrian Stephens
Ford o' Kabul River 2:53 Read by Alan Mapstone
Gentlemen Rankers 3:47 Read by Adrian Stephens
Route Marchin' 4:44 Read by Adrian Stephens
Shillin' a Day 1:28 Read by dc
'Bobs' 3:14 Read by Alan Mapstone
'Back to the Army Again' 3:37 Read by Richa Jain
'Birds of Prey' March 2:36 Read by Lee Vogler
'Soldier an' Salor Too' 3:55 Read by dc
Sappers 5:01 Read by Alan Mapstone
That Day 2:38 Read by Richa Jain
'The Men that fought at Minden' 3:18 Read by Alan Mapstone
Cholera Camp 3:53 Read by Larry Wilson
The Ladies 3:37 Read by pclaffey
Bill 'Awkins 1:31 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Mother-Lodge 2:49 Read by Peter Yearsley
'Follow Me 'Ome' 2:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Sergeant's Weddin' 2:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Jacket 4:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
The 'Eathen 5:09 Read by dc
The Shut-Eye Sentry 4:12 Read by Alan Mapstone
'Mary, Pity Women!' 2:37 Read by czandra
For to Admire 3:16 Read by Alan Mapstone