[78-L] Kipling as Lyricist

Eric Goldberg ericgoldie2 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 5 22:17:29 PDT 2008


Norman Cordon recorded a set of Kipling songs that included Danny Deever, Boots, Fuzzy Wuzzy, On the Road to Mandalay, and Gunga Din.

Or, as the old joke goes

Q          Do you like Kipling?

A.I don't know, I've never Kipled.



Dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
> Years ago, when doing my radio show, I considered a show devoted to the  
> words of Kipling set to music.  "On the Road to Mandalay" comes 
immediatelly to 
> mind, as well as "I Learnt About Women from 'Er".  I
didn't  do the show 
> because I couldn't locate enough songs.  Can anyone along the  line
add others songs 
> based on Kipling's poems?




      



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