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Author: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
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 A dead statesman (I could not dig: I dared not rob
) (from Epitaphs of the War) - N. Rorem
A maiden in her glory (from Puck of Pook's Hill) P. Bellamy: The Bee-Boy's Song
A Song in Storm (Be well assured that on our side) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. German: Be well assured
E. Elgar: Fate's discourtesy
About the time that taverns shut (from Rewards and Fairies) P. Bellamy: The Ballad of Minepit Shaw
All the world over, nursing their scars (from With Number Three) M. Shaw: Pity poor fighting men
Alone upon the housetops to the North (Alone upon the housetops to the North
) (from Plain Tales from the Hills) - T. Galloway
Alone upon the housetops to the North
(from Plain Tales from the Hills) F. Ayres: The Song of the Panthan Girl
P. Grainger, C. Ives, A. Adams, M. Batten, T. Hunt, M. Kernochan, A. Scott: The love song of Har Dyal
T. Galloway: Alone upon the housetops to the North
A. Foote: Bisesa's song
An astrologer's song (To the Heavens above us) (from Rewards and Fairies) P. Bellamy: The heavens above us
And the Only Son lay down again and dreamed that he dreamed a dream
(from Songs from Books) P. Grainger: The only son
"'As anybody seen Bill 'Awkins?" (from The Seven Seas) W. Ward-Higgs: Bill 'Awkins
As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled
(from The Jungle Book) P. Grainger, E. Fogg: Hunting-song of the Seeonee Pack
At Runnymede, at Runnymede C. Green: The reeds of Runnymede
At the hole where he went in (from The Jungle Book) H. Hatch: The challenge of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen (from A History of England) B. Finlayson, C. Green: The dawn wind
Back to the army again (I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at) - G. Cobb
Be well assured (Be well assured that on our side) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) - E. German
Be well assured that on our side (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. German: Be well assured
E. Elgar: Fate's discourtesy
Belts (There was a row in Silver Street that's near to Dublin Quay) (from Barrack-Room Ballads) - G. Cobb
Berceuse Phoque (Dors, mon baby, la nuit est derrière nous) - C. Koechlin FRE
Big Steamers (Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers) (from A History of England) - E. Elgar
Bill 'Awkins ("'As anybody seen Bill 'Awkins?") (from The Seven Seas) - W. Ward-Higgs
"Birds of Prey" March (March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies) (from Barrack-Room Ballads) - L. Dampier
Bisesa's song (Alone upon the housetops to the North
) (from Plain Tales from the Hills) - A. Foote
Boots (We're foot -- slog -- slog -- slog -- sloggin' over Africa) (from The Five Nations) - H. Felman, R. Flagler, P. Dawson, J. Sousa
Brookland Road (I was very pleased with what I knowed) (from Rewards and Fairies) [x] M. Shaw: The Brookland Road
P. Bellamy: Brookland Road
By the Hoof of the Wild Goat uptossed
(from Plain Tales from the Hills) P. Grainger: The fall of the stone
By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin' eastward to the sea
(from Barrack-Room Ballads) O. Speaks: On the Road to Mandalay
H. Dixon, W. Hedgcock, D. Prince, H. Travannion: On the road to Mandalay
B. Beverley: Mandalay Waltz
H. Richardson, F. Ayres, W. Damrosch, A. Foote, H. Genzmer, A. Thayer, A. Whiting, C. Willeby: Mandalay
Chanson de nuit: Dans la jungle (Chil, vautour conduit les pas de la nuit
) - C. Koechlin FRE
Chanson tirée du "Chat-oui-s'en-va-tout-seul" - J. Alain (Text: after Rudyard Kipling) [x]
Chant de Kala Nag (Je me souviens de qui je fus..) - C. Koechlin FRE
Chil le vautour (Chil, vautour conduit les pas de la nuit
) - M. Delage FRE
Chil, vautour conduit les pas de la nuit
FRE C. Koechlin: Chanson de nuit: Dans la jungle
M. Delage: Chil le vautour
Danny Deever (What are the bugles blowin' for? said Files-on-Parade
) - W. Damrosch, G. Bachlund, P. Bellamy, G. Cobb, H. Dixon, P. Grainger, E. Nevin, W. Ward-Higgs, A. Whiting
Dawn off the Foreland -- the young flood making (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. Elgar: The sweepers
Dedication (If I were hanged on the highest hill) (from The Light That Failed) - P. Grainger
Dors, mon baby, la nuit est derrière nous FRE M. Delage: Maktah
C. Koechlin: Berceuse Phoque
England's answer (Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban) (from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) - J. Bridge, R. Hunt
Fair Eve knelt close to the guarded gate in the hush of an Eastern spring (from From Day to Day with Kipling) A. Foote: The Eden Rose
Fate's discourtesy (Be well assured that on our side) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) - E. Elgar
For our white and our excellent nights - for the nights of swift running P. Grainger: Red dog
For to admire (I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at) - G. Cobb
Gentlemen Menige (Til de tabtes Legioner, de forbandedes Kohort
) - E. Grieg NOR
Gentlemen-Menige (Til de tabtes Legioner, de forbandedes Kohort
) NOR E. Grieg: Gentlemen Menige
Gentlemen-Rankers (To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned) (from Barrack-Room Ballads) NOR
Gertrude's Prayer (That which is marred at birth Time shall not mend) (from Limits and Renewals) - B. Roe
Gethsemane (The Garden called Gethsemane) - G. Bachlund
God of our Fathers (God of our fathers, known of old
) - J. Bennett, G. Blanchard, H. Bouverie, R. Gibb, H. Huss, G. Nevin, G. Sterns, G. Warren, C. Wood
God of our fathers, known of old
J. Bennett, G. Blanchard, H. Bouverie, R. Gibb, H. Huss, G. Nevin, G. Sterns, G. Warren, C. Wood: God of our Fathers
P. Grainger, A. Berridge, S. Clark, H. Clough-Leighter, A. Coulter, R. de Koven, D. Elliott, D. Fogg, A. Foote, G. Foster, A. Gentry, W. Gilchrist, H. Hadley, G. Holt, E. Hopkins, C. Manney, G. Martin, H. Matthews, E. Naylor, A. Parmor, H. Shelley, H. Willan, H. Woodman: Recessional
H. Bunning, J. Parks, A. Penn, J. Straker, E. Sweeting, A. Walker: Lest we forget
Gunga Din (You may talk o' gin and beer
) - P. Bellamy, G. Cobb, H. Dixon, R. Flagler, C. Spross, R. Tag, E. Wood
Harp Song of the Dane Women (What is a woman that you forsake her) (from Puck of Pook's Hill) - B. Roe
"Have you news of my boy Jack?"
B. Roe: My Boy Jack
Hear now the Song of the Dead
(from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) R. Boughton: The Price of the Admiralty
C. Ives: The Song of the Dead
G. Bantock, P. Grainger, P. Grainger: We have fed our seas
How can I turn from any fire
(from Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling) C. Ives: Tolerance
Hunting-song of the Seeonee Pack (As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled
) (from The Jungle Book) - P. Grainger, E. Fogg
I could not dig: I dared not rob
(from Epitaphs of the War) N. Rorem: A dead statesman
I met my mates in the morning and oh, but I am old
(from The Jungle Book) P. Grainger: The beaches of Lukannon
I was very pleased with what I knowed (from Rewards and Fairies) [x] M. Shaw: The Brookland Road
P. Bellamy: Brookland Road
I will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines
(from The Second Jungle Book) P. Grainger, A. Scott: Mowgli's song against people
If I were hanged on the highest hill (from The Light That Failed) G. Aitken, H. Burleigh, A. Claassen, A. Kellogg, A. Kramer, S. Liddle, M. Maude, H. Norris, L. Ornstein, V. Petrželka, R. Piggot, D. Protheroe, B. Remick, C. Roma, L. Sington, F. Tours, B. Weyman: Mother o' mine
P. Grainger: Dedication
I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at G. Cobb: For to admire
In Lowestoft a boat was laid (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. Elgar: The Lowestoft Boat
It was our war-ship Clampherdown
F. Bridge: The Ballad of the Clampherdown
P. Grainger: The Ballad of the "Clampherdown"
I've never sailed the Amazon
(from Just So Stories) E. German: Rolling down to Rio
Je me souviens de qui je fus.. FRE C. Koechlin: Chant de Kala Nag
Lest we forget (God of our fathers, known of old
) - H. Bunning, J. Parks, A. Penn, J. Straker, E. Sweeting, A. Walker
Life's all getting and giving (from Songs from Books) G. Binkerd: The wishing caps
Lullaby - C. Haydon [x]
Maktah (Dors, mon baby, la nuit est derrière nous) - M. Delage FRE
Mandalay (By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin' eastward to the sea
) (from Barrack-Room Ballads) - H. Richardson, F. Ayres, W. Damrosch, A. Foote, H. Genzmer, A. Thayer, A. Whiting, C. Willeby
Mandalay Waltz (By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin' eastward to the sea
) (from Barrack-Room Ballads) - B. Beverley
March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies (from Barrack-Room Ballads) L. Dampier: "Birds of Prey" March
Matko má! - V. Petrželka (Text: after Rudyard Kipling) [x]
Men make them fires on the hearth
(from Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling) C. Ives: Tolerance
Mine sweepers (Dawn off the Foreland -- the young flood making) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. Elgar: The sweepers
Mine was the woman to me, darkling I found her (from The Seven Seas) P. Grainger: The first chantey
Morning song in the jungle (One moment past our bodies cast
) (from The Second Jungle Book - Letting in the Jungle) - P. Grainger
Mother o' mine (If I were hanged on the highest hill) (from The Light That Failed) - G. Aitken, H. Burleigh, A. Claassen, A. Kellogg, A. Kramer, S. Liddle, M. Maude, H. Norris, L. Ornstein, V. Petrželka, R. Piggot, D. Protheroe, B. Remick, C. Roma, L. Sington, F. Tours, B. Weyman
Mother Seal's Lullaby (Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us) (from The Jungle Book) - D. Bright, L. Lehmann FRE
Mowgli's song against people (I will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines
) (from The Second Jungle Book) - P. Grainger, A. Scott
My Boy Jack ("Have you news of my boy Jack?"
) - B. Roe
My Father's Chair (There are four good legs to my Father's Chair) (from A History of England) - C. Green
Neighbours (The man that is open of heart to his neighbour
) (from Limits and Renewals) - H. Davies
Night song in the jungle (Now Chil the Kite brings home the night
) (from The Jungle Book) - P. Grainger, D. Bright FRE
Non Nobis, Domine! (Non Nobis, Domine
) (from The Hymnal 1940) R. Quilter: Non Nobis, Domine!
Non Nobis, Domine
(from The Hymnal 1940) R. Quilter: Non Nobis, Domine!
Now Chil the Kite brings home the night
(from The Jungle Book) FRE P. Grainger, D. Bright: Night song in the jungle
Now this is the Law of the Muscovite, that he proves with shot and steel P. Grainger: The Rhyme of the Three Sealers
Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us (from The Jungle Book) FRE E. Wood: The White Seal's Lullaby
D. Bright, L. Lehmann: Mother Seal's Lullaby
R. Atkinson, H. Davies, C. Johns: The Seal's Lullaby
R. Leich, W. Spalding: Seal Lullaby
Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers (from A History of England) E. Elgar: Big Steamers
On the Road to Mandalay (By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin' eastward to the sea
) (from Barrack-Room Ballads) - O. Speaks
One moment past our bodies cast
(from The Second Jungle Book - Letting in the Jungle) P. Grainger: Morning song in the jungle
Pit where the buffalo cooled his hide
(from Plain Tales from the Hills) P. Grainger: The Peora hunt
Pity poor fighting men (All the world over, nursing their scars) (from With Number Three) - M. Shaw
Recessional (God of our fathers, known of old
) - P. Grainger, A. Berridge, S. Clark, H. Clough-Leighter, A. Coulter, R. de Koven, D. Elliott, D. Fogg, A. Foote, G. Foster, A. Gentry, W. Gilchrist, H. Hadley, G. Holt, E. Hopkins, C. Manney, G. Martin, H. Matthews, E. Naylor, A. Parmor, H. Shelley, H. Willan, H. Woodman
Red dog (For our white and our excellent nights - for the nights of swift running) - P. Grainger
Rolling down to Rio (I've never sailed the Amazon
) (from Just So Stories) - E. German
Seal Lullaby (Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us) (from The Jungle Book) - R. Leich, W. Spalding FRE
Seven men from all the world, back to Docks again P. Grainger: The Ballad of the "Bolivar"
She dropped the bar, she shot the bolt, she fed the fire anew
(from Songs from Books) P. Grainger: The only son
Submarines (The ships destroy us above
) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) - E. Elgar
That which is marred at birth Time shall not mend (from Limits and Renewals) B. Roe: Gertrude's Prayer
The absent-minded beggar (When you've shouted "Rule Britannia," when you've sung "God save the Queen") - A. Sullivan
The bachelor 'e fights for one
(from The Five Nations) G. Cobb, J. Gro, W. Ward-Higgs: The married man
The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House ('Twas Fultah Fisher's boarding-house)
The Ballad of Minepit Shaw (About the time that taverns shut) (from Rewards and Fairies) - P. Bellamy
The Ballad of the "Bolivar" (Seven men from all the world, back to Docks again) - P. Grainger
The Ballad of the Clampherdown (It was our war-ship Clampherdown
) - F. Bridge
The Ballad of the "Clampherdown" (It was our war-ship Clampherdown
) - P. Grainger
The beaches of Lukannon (I met my mates in the morning and oh, but I am old
) (from The Jungle Book) - P. Grainger
The Bee-Boy's Song (A maiden in her glory) (from Puck of Pook's Hill) - P. Bellamy
The Brookland Road (I was very pleased with what I knowed) (from Rewards and Fairies) - M. Shaw [x]
The Camel's hump (The Camel's hump is an ugly lump) (from Just So Stories) - J. Berger, E. German
The Camel's hump is an ugly lump (from Just So Stories) J. Berger, E. German: The Camel's hump
The challenge of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (At the hole where he went in) (from The Jungle Book) - H. Hatch
The dawn wind (At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen) (from A History of England) - B. Finlayson, C. Green
The Eden Rose (Fair Eve knelt close to the guarded gate in the hush of an Eastern spring) (from From Day to Day with Kipling) - A. Foote
The fall of the stone (By the Hoof of the Wild Goat uptossed
) (from Plain Tales from the Hills) - P. Grainger
The fires (Men make them fires on the hearth
) (from Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling) C. Ives: Tolerance
The first chantey (Mine was the woman to me, darkling I found her) (from The Seven Seas) - P. Grainger
The Five Nations (God of our fathers, known of old
) J. Bennett, G. Blanchard, H. Bouverie, R. Gibb, H. Huss, G. Nevin, G. Sterns, G. Warren, C. Wood: God of our Fathers
P. Grainger, A. Berridge, S. Clark, H. Clough-Leighter, A. Coulter, R. de Koven, D. Elliott, D. Fogg, A. Foote, G. Foster, A. Gentry, W. Gilchrist, H. Hadley, G. Holt, E. Hopkins, C. Manney, G. Martin, H. Matthews, E. Naylor, A. Parmor, H. Shelley, H. Willan, H. Woodman: Recessional
H. Bunning, J. Parks, A. Penn, J. Straker, E. Sweeting, A. Walker: Lest we forget
The Garden called Gethsemane G. Bachlund: Gethsemane
The heavens above us (To the Heavens above us) (from Rewards and Fairies) - P. Bellamy
The Inuit (The People of the Eastern Ice, they are melting like the snow) - P. Grainger
The lark will make her hymn to God
C. Ives: The only son
The last chantey (Thus said the Lord in the vault above the cherubim
) - T. Cook, J. McEwen
The love song of Har Dyal (Alone upon the housetops to the North
) (from Plain Tales from the Hills) - P. Grainger, C. Ives, A. Adams, M. Batten, T. Hunt, M. Kernochan, A. Scott
The Lowestoft Boat (In Lowestoft a boat was laid) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) - E. Elgar
The man that is open of heart to his neighbour
(from Limits and Renewals) H. Davies: Neighbours
The married man (The bachelor 'e fights for one
) (from The Five Nations) - G. Cobb, J. Gro, W. Ward-Higgs
The only son (And the Only Son lay down again and dreamed that he dreamed a dream
) (from Songs from Books) - P. Grainger
The only son (The lark will make her hymn to God
) - C. Ives
The People of the Eastern Ice, they are melting like the snow P. Grainger: The Inuit
The Peora hunt (Pit where the buffalo cooled his hide
) (from Plain Tales from the Hills) - P. Grainger
The Price of the Admiralty (Hear now the Song of the Dead
) (from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) - R. Boughton
The reeds of Runnymede (At Runnymede, at Runnymede) - C. Green
The Rhyme of the Three Sealers (Now this is the Law of the Muscovite, that he proves with shot and steel) - P. Grainger
The running of Shindand (There's a convict more in the Central Jail
) (from Many Inventions - The Lost Legion) - P. Grainger
The Seal's Lullaby (Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us) (from The Jungle Book) - R. Atkinson, H. Davies, C. Johns FRE
The ships await us above (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. Elgar: Submarines
The ships destroy us above
(from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. Elgar: Submarines
The Song of the Dead (Hear now the Song of the Dead
) (from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) - C. Ives
The Song of the Panthan Girl (Alone upon the housetops to the North
) (from Plain Tales from the Hills) - F. Ayres
The sweepers (Dawn off the Foreland -- the young flood making) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) - E. Elgar
The White Seal's Lullaby (Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us) (from The Jungle Book) - E. Wood FRE
The wishing caps (Life's all getting and giving) (from Songs from Books) - G. Binkerd
There are four good legs to my Father's Chair (from A History of England) C. Green: My Father's Chair
There was a row in Silver Street that's near to Dublin Quay (from Barrack-Room Ballads) G. Cobb: Belts
There's a convict more in the Central Jail
(from Many Inventions - The Lost Legion) P. Grainger: The running of Shindand
Thus said the Lord in the vault above the cherubim
T. Cook, J. McEwen: The last chantey
Tiger, Tiger (What of the hunting, hunter bold) (from The Jungle Book) - D. Bright
Til de tabtes Legioner, de forbandedes Kohort
NOR E. Grieg: Gentlemen Menige
Tin Fish (The ships destroy us above
) (from Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the Fleet) E. Elgar: Submarines
To the Heavens above us (from Rewards and Fairies) P. Bellamy: The heavens above us
To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned (from Barrack-Room Ballads) NOR
Tolerance (Men make them fires on the hearth
) (from Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling) - C. Ives
Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban (from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) J. Bridge, R. Hunt: England's answer
'Twas Fultah Fisher's boarding-house
We have fed our sea for a thousand years
(from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) R. Boughton: The Price of the Admiralty
C. Ives: The Song of the Dead
G. Bantock, P. Grainger, P. Grainger: We have fed our seas
We have fed our seas (Hear now the Song of the Dead
) (from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) - G. Bantock, P. Grainger
We were dreamers (Hear now the Song of the Dead
) (from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) - P. Grainger
We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town
(from Barrack-Room Ballads - A Song of the English) R. Boughton: The Price of the Admiralty
C. Ives: The Song of the Dead
G. Bantock, P. Grainger, P. Grainger: We have fed our seas
We're foot -- slog -- slog -- slog -- sloggin' over Africa (from The Five Nations) H. Felman, R. Flagler, P. Dawson, J. Sousa: Boots
What are the bugles blowin' for? said Files-on-Parade
W. Damrosch, G. Bachlund, P. Bellamy, G. Cobb, H. Dixon, P. Grainger, E. Nevin, W. Ward-Higgs, A. Whiting: Danny Deever
What is a woman that you forsake her (from Puck of Pook's Hill) B. Roe: Harp Song of the Dane Women
What of the hunting, hunter bold (from The Jungle Book) D. Bright: Tiger, Tiger
P. Grainger: Tiger! Tiger!
When you've shouted "Rule Britannia," when you've sung "God save the Queen" A. Sullivan: The absent-minded beggar
You may talk o' gin and beer
P. Bellamy, G. Cobb, H. Dixon, R. Flagler, C. Spross, R. Tag, E. Wood: Gunga Din
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