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by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

Hunting‑song of the Seeonee Pack
 (Sung text for setting by P. Grainger)
 Matches base text
Language: English 
As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled
  Once, twice and again!
And a doe leaped up, and a doe leaped up
From the pond in the wood where the wild deer sup.
This I, scouting alone, beheld,
  Once, twice and again!

As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled
  Once, twice and again!
And a wolf stole back, and a wolf stole back
To carry the word to the waiting pack,
And we sought and we found and we bayed on his track
  Once, twice and again!

As the dawn was breaking the Wolf-Pack yelled
  Once, twice and again!
Feet in the Jungle that leave no mark!
Eyes that can see in the dark - the dark!
Tongue - give tongue to it! Hark! Oh, Hark!
  Once, twice and again!

Composition:

    Set to music by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Hunting-song of the Seeonee Pack", 1899, published 1958 [ men's chorus and plucked strings ], from The Jungle Book, no. 8

Text Authorship:

  • by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "Hunting-song of the Seeonee Pack", appears in The Jungle Book, chapter "Mowgli's Brothers", first published 1904

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 129

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