Nature

Screw-gun Mules

by Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936

From Songs from Books

Nature

As me and my companions were scrambling up a hill,
The path was lost in rolling stones, but we went forward still;
For we can wriggle and climb, my lads, and turn up everywhere,
And it's our delight on a mountain height, with a leg or two to spare!

Good luck to every sergeant, then, that lets us pick our road!
Bad luck to all the driver-men that cannot pack a load!
For we can wriggle and climb, my lads, and turn up everywhere,
And it's our delight on a mountain height, with a leg or two to spare!

MLA

Kipling, Rudyard. “Screw-gun Mules.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kipling/28/.

Chicago

Kipling, Rudyard. “Screw-gun Mules.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kipling/28/.

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