Barrack-Room Ballads

Barrack-Room Ballads

LibriVox · Audiobook · 39 episodes

Barrack-Room Ballads is a collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling which describe life in the British Army, particularly in India, in his time. The poems are written in the voice and language of soldiers of that time. The collection includes some of his best known poems. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)

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Episodes

Dedication

Episode 0 · 1:11
Danny Deever

Episode 1 · 3:00
Tommy

Episode 2 · 3:34
Fuzzy-Wuzzy

Episode 3 · 2:58
Soldier, Soldier

Episode 4 · 2:44
Screw-Guns

Episode 5 · 4:39
Cells

Episode 6 · 2:19
Gunga Din

Episode 7 · 4:15
Oonts

Episode 8 · 3:21
Loot

Episode 9 · 5:53
'Snarleyow'

Episode 10 · 3:09
The Widow at Windsor

Episode 11 · 2:36
Belts

Episode 12 · 3:38
The Young British Soldier

Episode 13 · 6:38
Mandalay

Episode 14 · 3:59
Troopin'

Episode 15 · 2:40
The Widow's Party

Episode 16 · 2:47
Ford o' Kabul River

Episode 17 · 2:53
Gentlemen Rankers

Episode 18 · 3:47
Route Marchin'

Episode 19 · 4:44
Shillin' a Day

Episode 20 · 1:28
'Bobs'

Episode 21 · 3:14
'Back to the Army Again'

Episode 22 · 3:37
'Birds of Prey' March

Episode 23 · 2:36
'Soldier an' Salor Too'

Episode 24 · 3:55
Sappers

Episode 25 · 5:01
That Day

Episode 26 · 2:38
'The Men that fought at Minden'

Episode 27 · 3:18
Cholera Camp

Episode 28 · 3:53
The Ladies

Episode 29 · 3:37
Bill 'Awkins

Episode 30 · 1:31
The Mother-Lodge

Episode 31 · 2:49
'Follow Me 'Ome'

Episode 32 · 2:23
The Sergeant's Weddin'

Episode 33 · 2:30
The Jacket

Episode 34 · 4:29
The 'Eathen

Episode 35 · 5:09
The Shut-Eye Sentry

Episode 36 · 4:12
'Mary, Pity Women!'

Episode 37 · 2:37
For to Admire

Episode 38 · 3:16