by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Hunting‑song of the Seeonee Pack 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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Line count: 18
Word count: 129