died four months later. "The Absent-Minded Beggar" remained popular throughout the three-year war and for years after the war ended. It became a part of popular culture of the time, with its title becoming a popular phrase and cartoons, postcards and other humorous representations of the character of the absent-minded beggar becoming popular. The song is performed in John Osborne's 1957 play The Entertainer. T. S. Eliot included the poem in his 1941 collection A Choice of Kipling's Verse. The song is still heard on re-issues of early recordings and on post-Second World War recordings by Donald Adams and others.Woolf, Jonathan. Review of When the Empire Calls , a 2002 re-issue of early Kipling and Boer War recordings, MusicWeb-International In 1942, George Orwell noted that "The phrase "killing Kruger with your mouth" ... was current till very recently". In 2010, a Kipling conference, called "Following The Absent-minded Beggar''" was held at the School of the Humanities of the University of Bristol, organised by Dr. John Lee, that included lectures and an exhibition of memorabilia and documents relating to the poem and song. Lyrics The first and final stanzas are: Notes References External links Text and music Text of "The Absent-Minded Beggar" at Newcastle University Score of "The Absent-Minded Beggar" at the IMSLP Facsimile of Sullivan's 1899 manuscript available from the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society "The Absent-Minded Beggar", notes with a midi file of the Sullivan music and pdf of the score Further information Framed illustration and information about Kipling and the poem Illustrations and information about the poem and song Poetry by Rudyard Kipling Compositions by Arthur Sullivan 1899 poems Works originally published in the Daily Mail 1899 compositions