{"id":7635,"date":"2019-06-20T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T00:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2019-06-20T18:37:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T00:37:10","slug":"kipling-on-toxic-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/kipling-on-toxic-masculinity-7635.htm","title":{"rendered":"Kipling on Toxic Masculinity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I WENT into a public ‘ouse to get a pint o’ beer,
\nThe publican ‘e up an’ sez, ” We serve no red-coats here.”
\nThe girls be’ind the bar they laughed an’ giggled fit to die,
\nI outs into the street again an’ to myself sez I:
\nO it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ ” Tommy, go away ” ;
\nBut it’s ” Thank you, Mister Atkins,” when the band begins to play
\nThe band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
\nO it’s ” Thank you, Mister Atkins,” when the band begins to play.<\/p>\n

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
\nThey gave a drunk civilian room, but ‘adn’t none for me;
\nThey sent me to the gallery or round the music-‘alls,
\nBut when it comes to fightin’, Lord! they’ll shove me in the stalls!
\nFor it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ ” Tommy, wait outside “;
\nBut it’s ” Special train for Atkins ” when the trooper’s on the tide
\nThe troopship’s on the tide, my boys, the troopship’s on the tide,
\nO it’s ” Special train for Atkins ” when the trooper’s on the tide.<\/p>\n

Yes, makin’ mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep
\nIs cheaper than them uniforms, an’ they’re starvation cheap.
\nAn’ hustlin’ drunken soldiers when they’re goin’ large a bit
\nIs five times better business than paradin’ in full kit.
\nThen it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an` Tommy, ‘ow’s yer soul? ”
\nBut it’s ” Thin red line of ‘eroes ” when the drums begin to roll
\nThe drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
\nO it’s ” Thin red line of ‘eroes, ” when the drums begin to roll.<\/p>\n

We aren’t no thin red ‘eroes, nor we aren’t no blackguards too,
\nBut single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
\nAn’ if sometimes our conduck isn’t all your fancy paints,
\nWhy, single men in barricks don’t grow into plaster saints;
\nWhile it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an` Tommy, fall be’ind,”
\nBut it’s ” Please to walk in front, sir,” when there’s trouble in the wind
\nThere’s trouble in the wind, my boys, there’s trouble in the wind,
\nO it’s ” Please to walk in front, sir,” when there’s trouble in the wind.<\/p>\n

You talk o’ better food for us, an’ schools, an’ fires, an’ all:
\nWe’ll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
\nDon’t mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
\nThe Widow’s Uniform is not the soldier-man’s disgrace.
\nFor it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an` Chuck him out, the brute! ”
\nBut it’s ” Saviour of ‘is country ” when the guns begin to shoot;
\nAn’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
\nAn ‘Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool – you bet that Tommy sees!<\/p>\n

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