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Poetry by Rudyard Kipling
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ISBN 10: 1157413153
ISBN 13: 9781157413158
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Chapters: A Song in Storm, Barrack-Room Ballads, Cold Iron (poem), Danny Deever, Debits and Credits (Kipling), Fuzzy-Wuzzy, Gentleman ranker, Gunga Din, Hymn Before Action, If-, Mandalay (poem), My Boy Jack (poem), Recessional (poem), Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Definitive Edition, Sons of Martha, Submarines (poem), The Absent-Minded Beggar, The Ballad of East and West, The Ballad of the 'Clampherdown', The Bell Buoy, The Betrothed (Kipling poem), The Female of the Species (Kipling poem), The Gods of the Copybook Headings, The King's Pilgrimage, The Last of the Light Brigade, The Lowestoft Boat, The Sweepers, The White Man's Burden, The Widow at Windsor, Ubique (poem). Excerpt: 'The Absent-Minded Beggar' is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and often accompanied by an illustration by Richard Caton Woodville. The song was written as part of an appeal by the Daily Mail to raise money for soldiers fighting in the South African War (sometimes known as the Boer War) and their families. The fund was the first such charitable effort for a war. The chorus of the song exhorted its audience to 'pass the hat for your credit's sake, and pay- pay- pay!' The patriotic poem and song caused a sensation and were constantly performed throughout the war and beyond. Kipling was offered a knighthood shortly after publication of the poem but declined the honour. Vast numbers of copies of the poem and sheet music were published, and large quantities of related merchandise were sold to aid the charity. The 'Absent-Minded Beggar Fund' was an unprecedented success and raised a total of more than Pds. 250,000. In September 1899, it was clear that the crisis in South Africa was likely to turn into war. By 2 October, all military leave had been cancelled, and urgent preparations were under way to send a large expeditionary force to the Cape, with horses and supplies being requisitioned and mobilised. On 7 October, a proclamation was issued calling out the Army Reserve. Of 65,000 liable men, around 25,000 were intended to be called up for service. The Relief of Ladysmith. White greets Major Hubert Gough on 28 February 1900. Painting by John Henry Frederick Bacon (1868-1914)Many, if not all, of the men thus mobilised were ex-soldiers in permanent employment for whom returning to military duty meant a significant cut in their income. In addition, there was no contemporary legislation of the time protecting the permanent employment of Reservists. Employers could - and often would - replace them with other workers, with no guarantee that if the soldier returned he would be able to take back his job. As a result, a large number of families wer 24 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9781157413158
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