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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