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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=510963" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The 'Eathen</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone;<br>'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own;<br>'E keeps 'is side-arms awful: 'e leaves 'em all about,<br>An' then comes up the regiment an' pokes the 'eathen out.<br> <br> All along o' dirtiness, all along o' mess,<br> All along o' doin' things rather-more-or-less,<br> All along of abby-nay, kul, an' hazar-ho, *<br> Mind you keep your rifle an' yourself jus' so!<br> <br>* abby-nay: Not now. kul: To-morrow. hazar-ho: Wait a bit.<br> <br>The young recruit is 'aughty -- 'e draf's from Gawd knows where;<br>They bid 'im show 'is stockin's an' lay 'is mattress square;<br>'E calls it bloomin' nonsense -- 'e doesn't know no more --<br>An' then up comes 'is Company an' kicks 'im round the floor!<br> <br>The young recruit is 'ammered -- 'e takes it very 'ard;<br>'E 'angs 'is 'ead an' mutters -- 'e sulks about the yard;<br>'E talks o' &quot;cruel tyrants&quot; 'e'll swing for by-an'-by,<br>An' the others 'ears an' mocks 'im, an' the boy goes orf to cry.<br> <br>The young recruit is silly -- 'e thinks o' suicide;<br>'E's lost 'is gutter-devil; 'e 'asn't got 'is pride;<br>But day by day they kicks 'im, which 'elps 'im on a bit,<br>Till 'e finds 'isself one mornin' with a full an' proper kit.<br> <br> Gettin' clear o' dirtiness, gettin' done with mess,<br> Gettin' shut o' doin' things rather-more-or-less;<br> Not so fond of abby-nay, kul, nor hazar-ho,<br> Learns to keep 'is rifle an' 'isself jus' so!<br> <br>The young recruit is 'appy -- 'e throws a chest to suit;<br>You see 'im grow mustaches; you 'ear 'im slap 'is boot;<br>'E learns to drop the &quot;bloodies&quot; from every word 'e slings,<br>An' 'e shows an 'ealthy brisket when 'e strips for bars an' rings.<br> <br>The cruel-tyrant-sergeants they watch 'im 'arf a year;<br>They watch 'im with 'is comrades, they watch 'im with 'is beer;<br>They watch 'im with the women at the regimental dance,<br>And the cruel-tyrant-sergeants send 'is name along for &quot;Lance&quot;.<br> <br>An' now 'e's 'arf o' nothin', an' all a private yet,<br>'Is room they up an' rags 'im to see what they will get;<br>They rags 'im low an' cunnin', each dirty trick they can,<br>But 'e learns to sweat 'is temper an' 'e learns to sweat 'is man.<br> <br>An', last, a Colour-Sergeant, as such to be obeyed,<br>'E schools 'is men at cricket, 'e tells 'em on parade;<br>They sees 'em quick an' 'andy, uncommon set an' smart,<br>An' so 'e talks to orficers which 'ave the Core at 'eart.<br> <br>'E learns to do 'is watchin' without it showin' plain;<br>'E learns to save a dummy, an' shove 'im straight again;<br>'E learns to check a ranker that's buyin' leave to shirk;<br>An' 'e learns to make men like 'im so they'll learn to like their work.<br> <br>An' when it comes to marchin' he'll see their socks are right,<br>An' when it comes to action 'e shows 'em 'ow to sight;<br>'E knows their ways of thinkin' and just what's in their mind;<br>'E knows when they are takin' on an' when they've fell be'ind.<br> <br>'E knows each talkin' corpril that leads a squad astray;<br>'E feels 'is innards 'eavin', 'is bowels givin' way;<br>'E sees the blue-white faces all tryin' 'ard to grin,<br>An' 'e stands an' waits an' suffers till it's time to cap 'em in.<br> <br>An' now the hugly bullets come peckin' through the dust,<br>An' no one wants to face 'em, but every beggar must;<br>So, like a man in irons which isn't glad to go,<br>They moves 'em off by companies uncommon stiff an' slow.<br> <br>Of all 'is five years' schoolin' they don't remember much<br>Excep' the not retreatin', the step an' keepin' touch.<br>It looks like teachin' wasted when they duck an' spread an' 'op,<br>But if 'e 'adn't learned 'em they'd be all about the shop!<br> <br>An' now it's &quot;'Oo goes backward?&quot; an' now it's &quot;'Oo comes on?&quot;<br>And now it's &quot;Get the doolies,&quot; an' now the captain's gone;<br>An' now it's bloody murder, but all the while they 'ear<br>'Is voice, the same as barrick drill, a-shepherdin' the rear.<br> <br>'E's just as sick as they are, 'is 'eart is like to split,<br>But 'e works 'em, works 'em, works 'em till he feels 'em take the bit;<br>The rest is 'oldin' steady till the watchful bugles play,<br>An' 'e lifts 'em, lifts 'em, lifts 'em through the charge that wins the day!<br> <br> The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone;<br> 'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own;<br> The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began,<br> But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!<br> <br> Keep away from dirtiness -- keep away from mess.<br> Don't get into doin' things rather-more-or-less!<br> Let's ha' done with abby-nay, kul, an' hazar-ho;<br> Mind you keep your rifle an' yourself jus' so!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rudyard+Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a><div class=q>
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'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own;
'E keeps 'is side-arms awful: 'e leaves 'em all about,
An' then comes up the regiment an' pokes the 'eathen out.
 
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