The Kipling Walk 1916 'The Bing Boys'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in LOndon UK - 24 Dec 2003

There's a land far beyond the foam
where the tigers roam
in their Jungle home,
But it's miles and miles from here.
We guess it's nowhere near.
Take my word, tho' it sounds absurd,
ev'ry singing bird that you ever heard
is whistling a song so queer;
it's the one you ought to hear.
It's plain, it's a cute refrain
on the brain of the animals there;
brings smiles to the crocodiles
and for miles makes the elephants stare.
I declare that the grizzly bear
will leave his lair to a ragtime air,
that's absolutely grand;
And they call it "JustsoLand."

Oh, that fascinating Justso glide,
it's a captivating Justso slide;
There's a rumour that the Puma
does it now.
Monkeys have taken to it,
Leopards and lions do it.
All the elephants wear dancing shoes,
They keep hopping with the Kangaroos;
Hear them chatter,
It's a matter for some talk,
Now the Jungle's got the Kipling Walk.

Oh, that fascinating Justso glide,
it's a captivating Justso slide;
There's a rumour that the Puma
does it now.
Monkeys have taken to it,
Leopards and lions do it.
All the elephants wear dancing shoes,
They keep hopping with the Kangaroos;
Hear them chatter,
It's a matter for some talk,
Now the Jungle's got the Kipling Walk.

You should see how the Foxes trot,
and the Panther's hot while the otter's got
a craze to walk just so;
to see them you should go.
The camel jumps as the music thumps,
In dancing pumps they cure the humps,
it's a life that is far from slow;
A land you ought to know.
The stag likes to bend and drag,
it's a rag you will hear about soon,
The Lynx to the music slinks,
and he thinks it's a wonderful tune.
In the trees all the Chimpanzees
sing their melodies in a hundred keys
to the Jungle Big Brass Band;
Out there in "JustsoLand."

Oh, that fascinating Justso glide,
it's a captivating Justso slide;
There's a rumour that the Puma
does it now.
Monkeys have taken to it,
Leopards and lions do it.
All the elephants wear dancing shoes,
They keep hopping with the Kangaroos;
Hear them chatter,
It's a matter for some talk,
Now the Jungle's got the Kipling Walk.

Oh, that fascinating Justso glide,
it's a captivating Justso slide;
There's a rumour that the Puma
does it now.
Monkeys have taken to it,
Leopards and lions do it.
All the elephants wear dancing shoes,
They keep hopping with the Kangaroos;
Hear them chatter,
It's a matter for some talk,
Now the Jungle's got the Kipling Walk.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Kipling Walk 1916
from "The Bing Boys"
Lyrics by Clifford Gray
Music by Nat D. Ayer
copyright 1916 by B. Feldman and Co. London
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 24 December 2003 at 22.39
in association with Doug Grierson
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Interesting that the chorus of the song sounds so
like another well known song....
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