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Daughter of the Regiment Kipling, Rudyard
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1888
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT

by Rudyard Kipling










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DAUGHTER_OF_THE_REGIMENT
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Jain 'Ardin' was a Sargint's wife,
A Sargint's wife wus she.
She married of 'im in Orldershort
An' comed acrost the sea.
(®ChorusЇ) * 'Ave you never 'eard tell o' Jain 'Ardin'?
Jain 'Ardin'?
Jain 'Ardin'?
{DAUGHTER_OF_THE_REGIMENT ^paragraph 5}
'Ave you never 'eard tell o' Jain 'Ardin'?
The pride o' the Compan®ee?Ї
-Old Barrack-Room Ballad.
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* In DOS versions italicized text is enclosed in ®chevronsЇ.
{DAUGHTER_OF_THE_REGIMENT ^paragraph 10}
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'A GENTLEMAN who doesn't know the Circasian Circle ought not to
stand up for it- puttin' everybody out.' That was what Miss McKenna
said, and the Sergeant who was my ®vis-a-visЇ looked the same thing. I
was afraid of Miss McKenna. She was six feet high, all yellow freckles
and red hair, and was simply clad in white satin shoes, a pink
muslin dress, an apple-green stuff sash, and black silk gloves, with
yellow roses in her hair. Wherefore I fled from Miss McKenna and
sought my friend Private Mulvaney, who was at the cant-
refreshment-table.
'So you've been dancin' with little Jhansi McKenna, Sorr- she that's