Barrack-room ballads
a volume of poems (1892) by rudyard kipling, including gunga din, danny deever, and mandalay.
historical examples
nor could there be any doubt that his barrack-room ballads were the most popular of his works.
america to-day, observations and reflections william archer
the barrack-room ballads would be incomprehensible to a frenchman.
paris vistas helen davenport gibbons
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