Jim Croce Gunga Din

a beautiful song based on the poem. performed by Jim Croce (RIP)

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[FoEgaming]

im 32, i first heard Croce when i was only 8 or 9 and listened to some old LP's my father had. This song was on one of his records, I had'nt heard this song for nearly 15 yrs, but I remembered every word and every pick of his guitar. May this music and all of his one of a kind sounds never slip away. Miss you Jim

[grandslam1998]

Wikipedia has its view . My view is that it is not a racist poem it is a poem about racism. The point of this poem is to show that non whites can be honourable and that even a lowly water carrier can do heroic deeds and be a better man than a white man which in the late19th century was very radical. Jim Croce sing this poem in a way has feeling and empathy for GD

[freeholdtacticalmed]

REMEMBER THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY RUDYARD KIPLING IN 1892 IMMORTALIZING LIFE AND DEATH IN THE BRITISH RAJ. HE IS REMEMBERED AFTER HIS DEATH BY A SURVIVOR WHO LIVED BECAUSE OF HIS DEDICATION AND HEROISM. A MAN WHO IS REMEMBERED AFTER HIS DEATH, LIVES FOREVER. YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I AM GUNGA DIN.

[jeffzhorton]

This song and the way Croce sings it has lived with me for such a long time ever since I first heard it (over 30 years ago). It is done so perfectly, and even if one has never heard of Rudyard Kipling strikes a chord that goes deep! I think it will live on as simply a great song and story, done brilliantly.

[Nupetiet]

Gotta amend that'n. Croce sings it as though he lived it. The tone of mournful admiration comes through loud and clear. A life (and afterlife!) of charity makes the shabbiest, lowliest peasant a giant.

[Nupetiet]

Fantastic adaptation of a fantastic poem.

[fatibel42]

What is racism in a world where nearly everyone is racist? The British Colonials treated all non-whites (and often all non-English) as native wogs. They were fine for servants and small jobs, but they reserved any real authority, decision-making and power for the British. Most of them never questioned it, it's the way everyone around them was. Perhaps it's racist, but it was also the accepted way of doing things.

[roadrodent1952]

First heard this at ZAB air base in Spain in 1978. It has stuck with me ever since. Working on a short sci-fi (alternate universes theme) story where Gunga Din ends up as medic for a very futuristic military force.

[Xxprettygirl49xX]

SO MANY MEMORIES OF JIM EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR HIS MUSIS

[grandslam1998]

The finest man I knew was GD.

[kmaxian1]

@grandslam1998 Oh, completely agree, just replied to your post in general so other posters could understand the meaning of the poem. The poem is not racist in any sense at all in my mind, but just like you said, about a racist who sees the error in his view. You, wikipedia, and I all agree for the most part.