by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Now Chil the Kite brings home the night
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!
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Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), no title, appears in The Jungle Book, heading the chapter "Mowgli's Brothers", first published 1894 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dora Estella Bright (1863 - 1951), "Night song in the jungle", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from SIx Songs from "The Jungle Book" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Night song in the jungle", 1898, published 1925 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from The Jungle Book, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Fabulet (1862 - 1933) , "Chanson de nuit dans la Jungle", appears in Le Livre de la Jungle (The Jungle Book), first published 1899 and by Robert, vicomte d'Humières (1868 - 1915) , "Chanson de nuit dans la Jungle", appears in Le Livre de la Jungle (The Jungle Book), first published 1899 ; composed by Alfred Cozanet, as Jean d'Udine, Maurice Delage, Charles Koechlin.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 54