Boots: Infantry Columns (Woodwind Trio - Flute, Oboe and Clarinet)

Boots is a comical poem by Kipling about the monotony of life for a soldier during the Second Boer War. Here it has been set to music in a march feel. Included are variations on the melody and bugle calls which help tell the musical story. Here it is arranged for woodwind trio, flute, oboe and bassoon. We're foot—slog—slog—slog—sloggin' over Africa—Foot—foot—foot—foot—sloggin' over Africa -- (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up and down again!) There's no discharge in the war!

Instrumentation: Woodwind trio: Flute, Oboe and Bassoon

Composer: Fiona Hickie