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‘Gunga Din’ by Rudyard Kipling describes the life and death of an Indian water carrier named Gunga Din. In the first lines of this poem the speaker addresses the nature of serving in India. This includes the heat, the atmosphere , war, and those he spent time with.
Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! This poem is in the public domain. Joseph Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novels The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book , and Kim , and his most famous poem, " If — ".
Gunga Din Lyrics. You may talk o' gin an' beer. When you're quartered safe out 'ere, An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it; But if it comes to slaughter. You will do your work on...
He was "Din! Din! "You limpin' lump o' brick-dust, Gunga Din! "Hi! Slippy hitherao! "Water, get it! Panee lao . "You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din." The uniform 'e wore . Was nothin' much before, An' rather less than 'arf o' that be'ind, For a piece o' twisty rag. An' a goatskin water-bag. Was all the field-equipment 'e could find.
Rudyard Kipling. 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.
Gunga Din is a poem written by an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist, Rudyard Kipling in 1890. This poem highlights the cruel colonialism in the subcontinent. Moreover, it highlights the prejudices of Europeans against orients.
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.
