by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Night song in the jungle Matches base text
Language: English
Now Chil the Kite brings home the night That Mang the Bat sets free - The herds are shut in byre and hut, For loosed till dawn are we. This is the hour of pride and power, Talon and tush and claw. Oh, hear the call! - Good hunting all That keep the Jungle Law!
Composition:
- Set to music by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Night song in the jungle", 1898, published 1925 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from The Jungle Book, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), no title, appears in The Jungle Book, heading the chapter "Mowgli's Brothers", first published 1894
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 54