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Cells (Rudyard Kipling)

A C G A
I'VE A HEAD like a concertina: I've a tongue like a button-stick:
F Am E7 Am
I've a mouth like an old potato, and I'm more than a little sick,
A C G A
But I've had my fun o' the Corp'ral's Guard: I've made the cinders fly,
F Am E7 Am
And I'm here in the Clink for a thundering drink and blacking the Corporal's eye.

F Am F Am
With a second-hand overcoat under my head,
F C G
And a beautiful view of the yard,
F Am F Am
O it's pack-drill for me and a fortnight's C.B.
Bb C Dm
For "drunk and resisting the Guard!"
Bb C Dm
Mad drunk and resisting the Guard –
Bb C A7
'Strewth, but I socked it them hard !
F Am F Am
So it's pack-drill for me and a fortnight's C.B.
G F E7
For "drunk and resisting the Guard."

I started o' canteen porter, I finished o' canteen beer,
But a dose o' gin that a mate slipped in, it was that that brought me here.
'Twas that and an extry double Guard that rubbed my nose in the dirt;
But I fell away with the Corp'ral's stock and the best of the Corp'ral's shirt.

I left my cap in a public-house, my boots in the public road,
And Lord knows where, and I don't care, my belt and my tunic goed;
They'll stop my pay, they'll cut away the stripes I used to wear,
But I left my mark on the Corp'ral's face, and I think he'll keep it there!

My wife she cries on the barrack-gate, my kid in the barrack-yard,
It ain't that I mind the Ord'ly room - it's that that cuts so hard.
I'll take my oath before them both that I will sure abstain,
But as soon as I'm in with a mate and gin, I know I'll do it again!

With a second-hand overcoat under my head,
And a beautiful view of the yard,
Yes, it's pack-drill for me and a fortnight's C.B.
For "drunk and resisting the Guard !"
Mad drunk and resisting the Guard -
'Strewth, but I socked it them hard !
So it's pack-drill for me and a fortnight's C.B.
For "drunk and resisting the Guard."

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from Rudyard Kipling 2, released April 22, 2016

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