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Rudyard Kipling - Ford O` Kabul River
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Kabul town`s by Kabul river —
 Blow the bugle, draw the sword —
There I lef` my mate for ever,
 Wet an` drippin` by the ford.
    Ford, ford, ford o` Kabul river,
     Ford o` Kabul river in the dark!
    There`s the river up and brimmin`, an` there`s `arf a squadron swimmin`
     `Cross the ford o` Kabul river in the dark.
 
Kabul town`s a blasted place —
 Blow the bugle, draw the sword —
`Strewth I sha`n`t forget `is face
 Wet an` drippin` by the ford!
    Ford, ford, ford o` Kabul river,
     Ford o` Kabul river in the dark!
    Keep the crossing-stakes beside you, an` they will surely guide you
     `Cross the ford o` Kabul river in the dark.
 
Kabul town is sun and dust —
 Blow the bugle, draw the sword —
I`d ha` sooner drownded fust
 `Stead of `im beside the ford.
    Ford, ford, ford o` Kabul river,
     Ford o` Kabul river in the dark!
    You can `ear the `orses threshin`, you can `ear the men a-splashin`,
     `Cross the ford o` Kabul river in the dark.
 
Kabul town was ours to take —
 Blow the bugle, draw the sword —
I`d ha` left it for `is sake —
 `Im that left me by the ford.
    Ford, ford, ford o` Kabul river,
     Ford o` Kabul river in the dark!
    It`s none so bloomin` dry there; ain`t you never comin` nigh there,
     `Cross the ford o` Kabul river in the dark?
 
Kabul town`ll go to hell —
 Blow the bugle, draw the sword —
`Fore I see him `live an` well —
 `Im the best beside the ford.
    Ford, ford, ford o` Kabul river,
     Ford o` Kabul river in the dark!
    Gawd `elp `em if they blunder, for their boots`ll pull `em under,
     By the ford o` Kabul river in the dark.
 
Turn your `orse from Kabul town —
 Blow the bugle, draw the sword —
`Im an` `arf my troop is down,
 Down an` drownded by the ford.
    Ford, ford, ford o` Kabul river,
     Ford o` Kabul river in the dark!
    There`s the river low an` fallin`, but it ain`t no use o` callin`
     `Cross the ford o` Kabul river in the dark.
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