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'E's all 'ot sand an' ginger when alive

Quote byRudyard Kipling · 1865–1936

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896), Fuzzy-Wuzzy..

English (original)

'E's all 'ot sand an' ginger when alive An' 'e's generally shammin' when 'e's dead.

— Rudyard Kipling

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