Night song in the jungle

 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!

by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) , no title, from The Jungle Book, heading the chapter "Mowgli's Brothers", published 1894

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", no. ?
by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) , "Night song in the jungle", 1898, published 1925 [TTBB chorus a cappella], from The Jungle Book, no. 3.

by Maurice Delage (1879-1961) , "Chil le vautour", 1934, published 1935 [voice and piano], from Trois chants de la jungle, no. 2.
by Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) , "Chanson de nuit: Dans la jungle", op. 18 no. 2 (1899-1901), from Trois Poèmes du Livre de la Jungle, no. 2.

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Chil, vautour conduit les pas de la...

Chil, vautour conduit les pas de la nuit
que Mang le vampire délivre
Dorment les troupeaux dans l'étable clos 
La terre est à nous l'ombre nous la livre
C'est l'heure du soir orgueil
et pouvoir à la serre le croc et l'ongle.
Nous entendez-vous?
Bonne chasse à tous qui gardez la loi de la Jungle.

by Louis Fabulet (1862-1933)
by Robert, vicomte d'Humières (1868-1915)

a text in English by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) , no title, from The Jungle Book, heading the chapter "Mowgli's Brothers", published 1894

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Maurice Delage (1879-1961) , "Chil le vautour", 1934, published 1935 [voice and piano], from Trois chants de la jungle, no. 2.
by Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) , "Chanson de nuit: Dans la jungle", op. 18 no. 2 (1899-1901), from Trois Poèmes du Livre de la Jungle, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-23.