| Year | Published | Title | Notes |
| 1881 | India |
Schoolboy Lyrics |
23 poems |
| 1884 | India |
Echoes |
32 poems by RK. Also .7 by his sister Alice (‘Trix’) |
| 1885 | India |
Quartette |
5 poems by RK & poems by his mother and sister |
| 1886 | India |
Departmental Ditties & O.V. 1st Edn. |
26 poems, 11 listed as DD and 15 as OV |
| 1886 | India |
Departmental Ditties & O.V. 2nd Edn. |
1 extra D.D. and 4 extra O.V. |
| 1888 | India |
Departmental Ditties & O.V. 3rd Edn. |
2 extra D.D. and 8 extra O.V. |
| 1890 | India & U.K. |
Departmental Ditties & O.V. 4th Edn. |
2 extra D.D. one O.V. removed plus 8 more O.V. |
| 1892 | U.K. |
Barrack Room Ballads & O.V. |
43 poems, 22 B.R.B. & 21 O.V. |
| 1892 | U.S.A. |
Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads |
Contents as B.R.B.& O.V. above |
| 1893 | U.K. |
Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads |
4 more poems. |
| 1896 | U.K. |
The Seven Seas |
54 poems |
| 1896 | U.S.A. |
The Seven Seas |
51 poems. Some textual changes from U.K. |
| 1903 | U.K. & U.S.A. |
The Five Nations |
55 poems, up to 59 |
| 1911 | U.K. & U.S.A. |
A History of England |
24 poems |
| 1912 | U.S.A. |
Songs from Books |
132 poems |
| 1913 | U.K. |
Songs from Books |
174 poems |
| 1919 | U.K. & U.S.A. |
The Years Between |
46 poems rising to 72. |
| 1919 | U.K. |
The Inclusive Edition 1st Edition: |
c. 480 poems |
| 1921 | U.K.& U.S.A. |
The Inclusive Edition |
2 more poems. |
| 1927 | U.K. & U.S.A. |
The Inclusive Edition |
38 more poems |
| 1933/34 | U.K. & U.S.A. |
The Inclusive Edition |
74 more poems |
| 1940 | U.K. & U.S.A. |
The Definitive Edition |
c.700 poems |
| 2013 | U.K. & U.S.A. |
The Cambridge Edition |
c. 900 poems |
