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What Happened

by Rudyard Kipling
 Hurree Chunder Mookerjee, pride of Bow Bazaar,
Owner of a native press, "Barrishter-at-Lar,"
Waited on the Government with a claim to wear
Sabres by the bucketful, rifles by the pair.

Then the Indian Government winked a wicked wink,
Said to Chunder Mookerjee: "Stick to pen and ink.
They are safer implements, but, if you insist,
We will let you carry arms wheresoe'er you list."

Hurree Chunder Mookerjee...Read more of this...

The Old Tin Hat

by Andrew Barton Paterson
 In the good old days when the Army's ways were simple and unrefined, 
With a stock to keep their chins in front, and a pigtail down behind, 
When the only light in the barracks at night was a candle of grease or fat, 
When they put the extinguisher on the light, they called it the Old Tin Hat. 
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