Soldier, Soldier is a poem by

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...

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Barrack-Room Ballads The Barrack-Room Ballads are a series of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling, dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. The series contains some of Kipling's best-known works, including the poems "Gung ...

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Soldier, soldier won't you marry me "Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?" is a traditional song, Roud number 489. Fresnostate university gives the earliest date as 1903 in America. It was printed in "Games and Songs of American Children" by William Wells Newell. However the song wa ...

" and instead begin "Soldier, soldier come from the wars, Why don't you march with my true love?"Goat for Azazel: A World War II Story - Page 232 1469111802 George Oscar Lee - 1999 "There is the action and I am still here thought Paul to himself. Killing the time Paul opened his book by Rudyard Kipling and reread some of its poetry. One about “Soldier, Soldier” struck home. “Soldier, Soldier come from the wars, "

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{{reflist Works by Rudyard Kipling