Boots
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Boots
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Boots is a poem by renowned British author Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1903 and aimed at embodying the alienation of young British infantrymen marching in South Africa during the Second Boer War[1] . A spoken-word recording by actor Taylor Holmes from 1915 was then reused as background music for the trailer of upcoming zombie movie 28 Years Later, set to be released in mid-2025. Edits and remixes soon followed, pairing the reading with cuts from war movies and videogames.
Origin
In 1903, Rudyard Kipling published his poem entitled Boots which was written as follows (shown below):
Foot--foot--foot--foot--sloggin' over Africa -
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up and down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!
Seven--six--eleven--five--nine-an'-twenty mile to-day
Four--eleven--seventeen--thirty-two the day before -
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up and down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!
Don't--don't--don't--don't--look at what's in front of you.
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again);
Men--men--men--men--men go mad with watchin' em,
An' there's no discharge in the war!
Count--count--count--count--the bullets in the bandoliers.
If--your--eyes--drop--they will get atop o' you!
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up and down again) --
There's no discharge in the war!
We--can--stick--out--'unger, thirst, an' weariness,
But--not--not--not--not the chronic sight of 'em,
Boot--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again,
An' there's no discharge in the war!
'Taint--so--bad--by--day because o' company,
But night--brings--long--strings--o' forty thousand million
Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again.
There's no discharge in the war!
I--'ave--marched--six--weeks in 'Ell an' certify
It--is--not--fire--devils, dark, or anything,
But boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again,
An' there's no discharge in the war!
Try--try--try--try--to think o' something different
Oh--my--God--keep--me from goin' lunatic!
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!
In 1915, Taylor Holmes released a dramatic recording of it (YouTube upload shown below, left), with an extract of it being remixed and reused as background music for the first trailer of upcoming movie 28 Years Later, uploaded to YouTube on December 10th, 2024 (shown below, right).
Spread
From that point on, the trailer version has been reused in various videos edits featuring cuts from various war-related media and materials, mainly movies and videogames.
Examples
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Boots Poem
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