One of my all time favorites since I was a wee lad. The same old Kipling book I used to hide in as a child now graces my bookshelf. As I remember it, "You may talk o' gin an beer when you're quartered safe out here..."
And when we all got those small 3" reel to reel tape recorders back in the mid 60's one of the childish goof-offs I recorded was a song version of Gunga Din. Guaranteed to make me cringe on every listening. "Tho I've belted you and flayed you by the living God that made you you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din" or some such resounding finish. No fade-outs on that cut.
Man, what a writer. God Bless him and God bless your Dad.
