My suggestion, for a modern equivalent, is to get the Harper Collins
Audio Book, "The Poetry of Rudyard Kipling", and listen to the version
of "Boots" thereon, which I think is spoken by Edward Woodward, and
which has the qualities of recitation described below.
Dave Richards
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Subject: "Boots"
Dear All,
Matthew Eddy has contacted me, asking for help. He writes:
"I have been searching in vain for a rare, spoken word recording of
Kipling's poem "Infantry Columns" aka. "Boots". The version I heard can
best be described as a scratchy, phonographic, post-WWI propaganda type
recording. The speaker is an English gentleman who speaks in an
even-paced, droning voice, which builds into a desperate, manic,
crescendo by the final verse (!THERE IS NO DISCHARGE...IN THE WAR!).
I heard this maddening rendition during some military training I
recently attended. The poem has been stuck in my head ever since and I
would love to hear it again."
Does anyone recognise the reference?
Best regards,
John
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