It’s Trad Song Tuesday again, and the theme is gangs. I was drawing a blank until I thought that soldiery might constitute a gang. This song sprang to mind as it’s also about the typically gang like protection racket that was colonialism. Any parallels with current events are entirely depressing.
The words are by Kipling and the tune is one of Peter Bellamy’s easier ones.
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