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Gunga Din. " Gunga Din " ( / ˌɡʌŋɡə ˈdiːn /) is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling set in British India . The poem was published alongside "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" in the collection "Barrack-Room Ballads". The poem is much remembered for its final line "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din". [1]
I shan’t forgit the night. When I dropped be’ind the fight. With a bullet where my belt-plate should ’a’ been. I was chokin’ mad with thirst, An’ the man that spied me first. Was our good old grinnin’, gruntin’ Gunga Din. ’E lifted up my ’ead, An’ he plugged me where I bled, An’ ’e guv me ’arf-a-pint o’ water green.
Gunga Din is a 1939 American adventure film from RKO Radio Pictures directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the 1890 poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his 1888 short story collection Soldiers Three. The film is about three British sergeants ...
Gunga Din. 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. Now in Injia's sunny clime, Where I used to spend my time A-servin' of 'Er Majesty the Queen, Of ...
Gunga Din: Directed by George Stevens. With Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe. In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
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- Adventure, Comedy, War
- George Stevens
- 1939-02-17
A soldier’s perspective in India, “Gunga Din” centers on an Indian water carrier who saves the soldier, only to be fatally shot by him, sparking deep regret. Rudyard Kipling was an incredibly popular English poet. His writing is read around the world and studied in classrooms in multiple languages. ‘Gunga Din’ speaker Mandalay ...
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I sha'n't forgit the night. When I dropped be'ind the fight. With a bullet where my belt-plate should 'a' been. I was chokin' mad with thirst, An' the man that spied me first. Was our good old grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din. 'E lifted up my 'ead, An' 'e plugged me where I bled, An' 'e guv me 'arf-a-pint o' water—green;
