Talk:Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads/A Legend of the Foreign Office

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The text of this poem has been verified against "Rudyard Kipling: The Complete Verse" (pub. Kyle Cathie Ltd., 1990, ISBN 1 85626 009 7), which reproduces the text of the Definitive Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Verse (Hodder & Stoughton, 1940).--Poetlister 22:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

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simpkin -- Champagne.
C.S.I. -- The order of the Star of India.
Bukhshi -- The Commander in chief.
dasturi -- Bribes.
C.I.E. -- A Companionship of the Order of the Indian Empire.
thana -- Police station.