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The Service Man

by Rudyard Kipling, 1919

(Boer War, 1899)

“TOMMY” you was when it began,
  But now that it is o’er
You shall be called The Service Man
  ’Enceforward, evermore.

Batt’ry, brigade, flank, centre, van,
  Defaulter, Army-corpsFrom first to last, The Service Man
  ’Enceforward, evermore.

From ’Alifax to ’Industan,
  From York to Singapore’Orse, foot, an’ guns, The Service Man
  ’Enceforward, evermore!

Published in Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918
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