<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511179" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Troopin</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Our Army in the East)<br> <br> <br> <br>Troopin', troopin', troopin' to the sea:<br>'Ere's September come again -- the six-year men are free.<br>O leave the dead be'ind us, for they cannot come away<br>To where the ship's a-coalin' up that takes us 'ome to-day.<br> We're goin' 'ome, we're goin' 'ome,<br> Our ship is at the shore,<br> An' you must pack your 'aversack,<br> For we won't come back no more.<br> Ho, don't you grieve for me,<br> My lovely Mary-Ann,<br> For I'll marry you yit on a fourp'ny bit<br> As a time-expired man.<br> <br>The ~Malabar~'s in 'arbour with the ~Jumner~ at 'er tail,<br>An' the time-expired's waitin' of 'is orders for to sail.<br>Ho! the weary waitin' when on Khyber 'ills we lay,<br>But the time-expired's waitin' of 'is orders 'ome to-day.<br> <br>They'll turn us out at Portsmouth wharf in cold an' wet an' rain,<br>All wearin' Injian cotton kit, but we will not complain;<br>They'll kill us of pneumonia -- for that's their little way --<br>But damn the chills and fever, men, we're goin' 'ome to-day!<br> <br>Troopin', troopin', winter's round again!<br>See the new draf's pourin' in for the old campaign;<br>Ho, you poor recruities, but you've got to earn your pay --<br>What's the last from Lunnon, lads? We're goin' there to-day.<br> <br>Troopin', troopin', give another cheer --<br>'Ere's to English women an' a quart of English beer.<br>The Colonel an' the regiment an' all who've got to stay,<br>Gawd's mercy strike 'em gentle -- Whoop! we're goin' 'ome to-day.<br> We're goin' 'ome, we're goin' 'ome,<br> Our ship is at the shore,<br> An' you must pack your 'aversack,<br> For we won't come back no more.<br> Ho, don't you grieve for me,<br> My lovely Mary-Ann,<br> For I'll marry you yit on a fourp'ny bit<br> As a time-expired man.</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> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511179" data-title="Troopin de Rudyard Kipling" data-description="(Our Army in the East) Troopin', troopin', troopin' to the sea: 'Ere's September come again -- the six-year men are free. O leave the dead be'ind us, for they cannot come away To where the ship's a-coalin' up that takes us 'ome to-day. We'r..."></div> </div> </div>

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