First collected in 1892, Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads relive the experiences of soldiers sent around the world to defend the Empire-all for little pay and less appreciation. An immediate success, they were unlike anything the public had seen before.

Contents:

• First Series (1892)
  • To Thomas Atkins
  • Danny Deever
  • Tommy
  • "Fuzzy-Wuzzy"
  • Soldier, Soldier
  • Screw-Guns
  • Cells
  • Gunga Din
  • Oonts
  • Loot
  • "Snarleyow"
  • The Widow at Windsor
  • Belts
  • The Young British Soldier
  • Mandalay
  • Troopin'
  • The Widow's Party
  • Ford o' Kabul River
  • Gentlemen-Rankers
  • Route-Marchin'
  • Shillin' a Day
• Second Series (1896)
  • Bobs
  • "Back to the Army Again"
  • "Birds of Prey" March
  • "Soldier an; Soldier Two"
  • Sappers
  • That Day
  • "The Men That Fought at Minden"
  • Cholera Camp
  • The Ladies
  • Bill 'Awkins
  • The Mother Lodge
  • "Follow Me 'Ome"
  • The Sergeant's Weddin'
  • The Jacket
  • The 'Eathen
  • The Shut-Eye Sentry
  • "Mary, Pity Women!"
  • For to Admire