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re: Let’s Discuss “The Ballad of Gunga Din” by Rudyard Kipling, Sung by Jim Croce

Posted on 3/26/22 at 5:01 pm to
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 3/26/22 at 5:01 pm to
My wife is a published poet, no one tell her, but Kipling for drama and Odgen Nash for humor, are my favorites.

Thank you for the posting this OP, its a lot better than all the silly sniping that keeps me away from TD.
This post was edited on 3/26/22 at 5:03 pm
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 3/26/22 at 6:13 pm to
Thanks. It’s just a powerful piece. And we’ll written. I love his descriptions and use of words

Bricky-dry
Bloomin nut
Drilled the beggar clean

Posted by Mr. Misanthrope
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/27/22 at 2:39 am to
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if you read with context you can tell there’s no Ill will. Quite the opposite really.

Well said.
Posted by Fat and Happy
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Posted on 3/27/22 at 6:05 am to
That’s the day the music died!
Posted by AUCom96
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Posted on 3/27/22 at 6:28 am to
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if you read with context


A gift that seems largely lost in the modern world.
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 3/27/22 at 8:24 am to
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That’s the day the music died!


In reference to the verse, it would be the day the mussick died.
This post was edited on 3/27/22 at 8:25 am
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