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\n(Poet and Empire story-teller Rudyard Kipling)<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note:<\/strong> In view of our renewed commitment to Afghanistan, it is worth re-visiting Rudyard Kipling, Poet Laureate of the British Empir, and recall his thoughts about the troops and service in that troubled land…and America’s longest war.<\/p>\n

– Vic<\/p>\n

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Troop in’
\n (Our Army in the East)<\/p>\n

Troopin’, troopin’, troopin’ to the sea:<\/p>\n

‘Ere’s September come again — the six-year men are free. <\/p>\n

O leave the dead be’ind us, for they cannot come away <\/p>\n

To where the ship’s a-coalin’ up that takes us ‘ome to-day.<\/p>\n

We’re goin’ ‘ome, we’re goin’ ‘ome,<\/p>\n

Our ship is at the shore, <\/p>\n

An’ you must pack your ‘aversack,<\/p>\n

For we won’t come back no more. <\/p>\n

Ho, don’t you grieve for me,<\/p>\n

My lovely Mary-Ann, <\/p>\n

For I’ll marry you yit on a fourp’ny bit <\/p>\n

As a time-expired man.<\/p>\n

The Malabar’s in ‘arbour with the ~Jumner~ at ‘er tail, <\/p>\n

An’ the time-expired’s waitin’ of ‘is orders for to sail. <\/p>\n

Ho! the weary waitin’ when on Khyber ‘ills we lay, <\/p>\n

But the time-expired’s waitin’ of ‘is orders ‘ome to-day. <\/p>\n

They’ll turn us out at Portsmouth wharf in cold an’ wet an’ rain, <\/p>\n

All wearin’ Injian cotton kit, but we will not complain; <\/p>\n

They’ll kill us of pneumonia — for that’s their little way — <\/p>\n

But damn the chills and fever, men, we’re goin’ ‘ome to-day!<\/p>\n

Troopin’, troopin’, winter’s round again! <\/p>\n

See the new draf’s pourin’ in for the old campaign; <\/p>\n

Ho, you poor recruities, but you’ve got to earn your pay — <\/p>\n

What’s the last from Lunnon, lads? We’re goin’ there to-day. <\/p>\n

Troopin’, troopin’, give another cheer — <\/p>\n

‘Ere’s to English women an’ a quart of English beer. <\/p>\n

The Colonel an’ the regiment an’ all who’ve got to stay, <\/p>\n

Gawd’s mercy strike ’em gentle — Whoop! we’re goin’ ‘ome to-day. <\/p>\n

We’re goin’ ‘ome, we’re goin’ ‘ome,<\/p>\n

Our ship is at the shore, <\/p>\n

An’ you must pack your ‘aversack,<\/p>\n

For we won’t come back no more. <\/p>\n

Ho, don’t you grieve for me, <\/p>\n

My lovely Mary-Ann, <\/p>\n

For I’ll marry you yit on a fourp’ny bit <\/p>\n

As a time-expired man.<\/p>\n

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(Poet and Empire story-teller Rudyard Kipling) Editor’s Note: In view of our renewed commitment to Afghanistan, it is worth re-visiting Rudyard Kipling, Poet Laureate of the British Empir, and recall his thoughts about the troops and service in that troubled land…and America’s longest war. – Vic Troop in’ (Our Army in the East) Troopin’, troopin’, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-socotra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16472,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467\/revisions\/16472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}