Don't knock it 'til you've tried it, Don! I've kipled with the best of 'em, and I know! A lot of RK's "barrack-room" stuff was written to fit a tune, and based on first-hand accounts got from the men who'd been my lads and seen my lads (whoops - that's Leslie Mitchell!). Remove the crap cockeny accent and you've got a decent song. Read "Danny Deever" or "Snarleyow" or - yes! - "Gunga Din".

Steve