Page:Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads, Kipling, 1899.djvu/224

 THE BALLAD OF BOH DA THONE

was a warrior bold,

His sword and his Snider were bossed with gold,

And the Peacock Banner his henchmen bore

Was stiff with bullion but stiffer with gore.

He shot at the strong and he slashed at the weak

From the Salween scrub to the Chindwin teak:

He crucified noble, he sacrificed mean,

He filled old women with kerosene:

While over the water the papers cried,

"The patriot fights for his countryside!"

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