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Rudyard Kipling - BootsRudyard Kipling - Boots
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INFANTRY COLUMNS We`re foot—slog—slog—slog—sloggin` over Africa Foot—foot—foot—foot—sloggin` over Africa (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again!)                 There`s no discharge in the war! Seven—six—eleven—five—nine-an`-twenty mile to-day Four—eleven—seventeen—thirty-two the day before (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again!)                 There`s no discharge in the war! Don`t—don`t—don`t—don`t—look at what`s in front of you. (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again); Men—men—men—men—men go mad with watchin` em,                 An` there`s no discharge in the war! Try—try—try—try—to think o` something different Oh—my—God—keep—me from goin` lunatic! (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again!)                 There`s no discharge in the war! Count—count—count—count—the bullets in the bandoliers. If—your—eyes—drop—they will get atop o` you! (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again)                 There`s no discharge in the war! We—can—stick—out—`unger, thirst, an` weariness, But—not—not—not—not the chronic sight of `em Boot—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again,                 An` there`s no discharge in the war! `Taint—so—bad—by—day because o` company, But night—brings—long—strings—o` forty thousand million Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again.                 There`s no discharge in the war! I—`ave—marched—six—weeks in `Ell an` certify It—is—not—fire—devils, dark, or anything, But boots—boots—boots—boots—movin` up an` down again,                 An` there`s no discharge in the war!
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