O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to ro — Rudyard Kipling, The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to ro — Rudyard Kipling, The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to ro — Rudyard Kipling, The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to ro — Rudyard Kipling, The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to ro — Rudyard Kipling, The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
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O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll.

— Rudyard Kipling, The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
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