George Stephens introduces “Ford o’ Kabul River,” a poem by Rudyard Kipling set to a tune by Peter Bellamy. The song tells the story of a regiment of British Hussars who drowned while attempting to cross the river and occupy Kabul during the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879.
![Soldiers and horses drowning in the Kabul River](https://cdss.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/song-of-the-month/Ford-o-Kabul-River.jpg)