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THE JUST SO SONG BOOK
The
Just So Song Book
Being the Songs from
RUDYARD KIPLING'S
JUST SO STORIES
Set to Music by
EDWARD GERMAN
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY1912
Copyright, 1902, 1903, by
Rudyard Kipling
Published November, 1903
PROPERTY Of * ii
OTY Of NEW YORK~
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CONTENTS
PAGI
1 When the Cabin Port-holes i
2 The Camel's Hump ...... 5
3 This Uninhabited Island . . . . .12
4 I Keep Six Honest Serving-men . . .15
5 I Am the Most Wise Baviaan . . . .22
6 Kangaroo and Dingo ...... 26
7 Merrow Down 33
8 Of all the Tribe of Tegumai . . . 39
9 The Riddle ....... 43
[O The First Friend ......n There was never a Queen like Balkis . . 53
12 Rolling down to Rio ......
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WHEN THE CftBIN PORTHOLES.
Rudyard Kipling.
Presto agitato. J ieo.
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Edward German.
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agitate.
i i^j >' ^'J J J.ca - bin port-holes are dark and green, Be - cause of the seas out -
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When the ship goes wop (With a
wig-gle between), And the steward falls in -to the soup tu - reen, And the
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p ^^Nur sey Hes on the floor in a heap, And Mummy tells you to
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rlet her sleep, And you aren't waked or washed or dressed,
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you will know (if you have - n't guessed) You're Fif -ty North and
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THE CAMEL'S HUMP.
Rudyard Kipling.
Allegro giocoso. j = ise.
Edward German.
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Moderate. J =86.
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The Camel's hump is an
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-ly lump Which well you may see at the Zoo? But
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ug- lier yet is the hump we get From having too lit-tle to do.
A tempo moderate.
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too - oo-oo, If we have-nt e-nough to do - 00-00, We get the hump-Cam-
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ee- lious hump-The humpthat is black andO blue!. Allegro.
Moderate.
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climb out of bed with a frowz -ty head And a snar -
ly- yar -
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voice. We shiv-er and scowl and we grunt and we growl At our
, mil. tempo moderate.
bath and ourbootsandourtoys; And there ought to be a corner for me (And I
know there is one for you) When we g-et the hump Cam- ee - Hous hump The
hump that is black and blue!
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And there ought to be a
a
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corner for me (And I know there is one for you) When we get the hump-Cam-
- ee - lious hump_The hump that is black and blue!.
f?\Allegro.
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frowst with a book by thecure for this ill is not to sit still, Or
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Kisoluto
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blue!. I get it as well as you - oo-oo, If I
meno mosso.
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have -n't e-nougii to do - oo-ool We all get hump Cam- ee - lious hump
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Kid-dies and grown -ups
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III.
THIS UNINHABITED ISLAND.
Rudyard Kipling.
Allegro moderate. J = m.
Edward German.
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1This Un - in - habited
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I KEEP SIX HONEST SERVING-MEN.
Rudyard Kipling1
.
Allegro con spirito. J s is*.
Edward German.
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t. f^^ri^^f'' ^T" |r "^'n
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idrSknew); Their names are What and Why andWhen And How and Where and
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Who I send them o - ver land and sea, land and sea, land and sea, I
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send them o -ver land and sea, I send them east and west-,. But
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* fled.
a tempo leggiero.
VTTFaf - ter theyhaveworked for mer give them all a rest. AhL
Ped.
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But af-ter they have worked forme, /
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rail.
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a temo 19
^rr^T-^let them rest from nine till five, For 1 am bu - sy (hen,. As
well as breakfast, lunch,and tea, For they are hun-gry men But
diff - rent folk have d iff- rent views? I know a per - son small- She
keeps ten mil - lion serv -inff-men, Who get no rest at all! She
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sends 'em a -broad on her ,own af- fairs, From (he se-cond she o- pens her
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marcato. a tempo 19
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e}res. One mil-lion Hows, (wo mil-lionWheres,And sev-en mil - lionm
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She keeps ten mil - lion serv-mgr-men,
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sen' - ing-men, serv -ing-men, She keeps ten mil - lion serv - ing men, Who
get no rest att
all I One mil - lion Hovvs,two mil-lionWheres,
a tempo leggiero
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.And sev - en mil - lion Whys! Ah!.
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One mil - lion Hows, two mil - UonWheres,And sev - - en
BC
mil lion Whys! Ah!.
Animato.
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I AH THE MOST WISE BAVIAAN.
Rudyard Kipling:
Allegro marcato. J = no.
Edward German
(Not too slow.)
Ped.
J LJJtones, 'Let us melt in -to the land -scape.
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Allegro Icggiero.
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just us two by our lones!.
Jfc S3PBut Mummy is there Yes,. I can gx> if you
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take me. Nurse savs s/i? don't care,
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Allegro agitato. J = iss
Let's go up to the
pig-sties and sit on the farm - yard rails! Lets say things to the
Ped.
meno mosso.
.bun-nies, and watch 'em skit-ter their tails! Let's.
meno mosso.
con express.
tin k k m*8 J> *? J> P
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a -ny -thing, dad-dy,. long as it's you and
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*accd. cresc..
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go-ing tru-ly ex-ploringv and not being- in till tea! Here's.
agitato.
your boots (I've brought 'em), and here's your cap and stick* And
allegro molto.
2?your pipe and to - bac-co. Oh, come a-long,
1I molto.
1HE
/W.
i-Prestissimo.
come a-long-, Oh, come
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a-long-out of it. ojiickl.
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VI.
KANGAROO RED DINGO.
Hudyard Kipling.
Allegro marcato. J . = 120.
Edward Gennan.
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is the mouth-fill-ing song Of the race that was run by a Bocwa -
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-er, Run in a sin - gle burst
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p P p Pon-ly e - vent of its kind. Start - - ed by Big God
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Nqong- from War- rig"- a - bor-rig-- a - roo - ma,
(RECIT.)Agitato.
3:
Old ManKan-ga-roo first: Yel-low-Dog- Din-go be - hind
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Kan-ga-roo.bounded a
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8Twen-ty a bound..
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pYel-low-DogDin-go lay Like a yel-low cloud intte
3dis-tance Much too bu - sy to
s:
bark. My!
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but they covered the ground!
Fed.
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No-bo-dy knowswherethey went Or fol-lowedthetrackthattheyflewin,
ftft^g
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L'eeuwin, (Look at yourAt -las, please.) Andthey ran,.
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fflljacktheyran backas they came.
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ppMeno mosso.
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Spo-sing^you could
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You would feel ra . ther hot,
Jstrict time}
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MERROW DOWN.
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Rudyard Kipling. Edward German.
Allegretto grazioso. J = ne.
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There runs a road by
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Animate.
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Guild-ford town, A . bove the riv - er Wey it is..
Here, when theyheard tlie horsebells ring1
,The ancient Bri - tons
dressed and rode To watch the dark Phoe . . ni - cians bring1
Their
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goods a- long1
the Wes-tern Road. And here, or here - a - bouts, they met To/T\
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hold their ra - cial talks and suchTo bar- ter beads for Whit -by jet, And
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tin for gay shell torques and such
long1 and long" be
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fore that time (When bi- son used to roam on It), Did Taf- fy and her Daddy
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climb That down, and had their home on it..
Fed
Animate. ^ P iThen beav- ers built in Broad-stone-brook And made a swamp where
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Bram-ley stands;. And bears from Shere would come and look For Taf , fi
Pet.
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- mal where Sham-ley stands. The Wey,. that Taf - fy
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called Wag;ai, Was morethan six times big-- ger then; And all the TYtoe of
leg-- urn-ai They cut a no- - ble fi.gure then!no
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And
Animato.
all the Tribe of Teg-um-ai a no - ble fi-gure then!
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Tempo It
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runs a road by Mer- row Down A gras - sy track to-
mef
Allegretto grazioso.
ffi}%=?<u ti - 3? ^^
-day it is An hour out of Guild -ford town,
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bove the riv - er Wey it is..
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OP ftLL THE TRIBE OF TBGUMfil.
Rudyard Kipling".
Andantino. J = ss.
Edward German.
2 ppOf all the Tribe of
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40animato
But as the faith - ful years re-turn And hearts un-wounded
j accel.Ullfl. -l . ,
5msing a-gain, Comes Taf-fy danc-ing through the fern To lea(i the Sur-?ey
Fed.
Moderate.-iKi T_/l*C- f C**- v *
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Pdeer- skin cloak, Un - - fear - - ing
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, free and fair she flits, And
lights her lit - tie damp -wood smoke. show her Dad - dy
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THE RIDDLE.
Rudyard Kipling-.
Allegro. J-132.
Edward German.
m* *Fed.
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And if Bea-vers'8
^^* *.. 1 + v^ , \ itook their car- goes To Pe-nang in- stead of La-gos, Or a fat Shaw-
1^ i ^ izn ft
- Sav - ill bore Pas-sen-gers to
*Sing- a - pore, Or a White Star
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&A. went on
- seen -
Past Nat-al to Che-ri-bon,. Then,
Maestoso.
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igreat Mls-ter Lloyds would come With a wire and drag- them home!_
Fed.
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You'll know what my rid- die means When you've ea-ten
man-gx)S - teens.
Allegro molto.
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THE FIRST FRIEND,
Rudyard Kipling1
.
Allegretto grazioso. J-84.
Edward German.
fwolf
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Puss-y can sit by the fire and sing, Puss-y can climb a tree, Or
play with a sil-ly old cork and string To 'muse tier-self, not me But
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Ped.JF
Ped.
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p=I like Bin-kie my dog, be-cause He knows howto be - have, . So,
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fPed. * * Ped. * Fed.
f allargando __ n' i ~w i = i k 1
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f P PBin-kie's the same as the First Friend was, And I am the Man in the
Puss-y will play man - Fri-day till It's time to wet her paw. And
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make her walk on the win-dow-siH (For the foot-print Cru - soe sawj)__
Ped
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Puss-y will rub my knees with her head Pre-tend-ing she loves me
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hard; But the ve-ry minute I go to bed Puss-y runs out in the
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IP ?feet all night, And he is my First - est Friend!. But
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THERE WAS NEVER ft QUEEN LIKE BftLKIS.
Rudyard Kipliny. Edward German.
Allegro moderate, J = lie.
There was nev - er a Queen like
* Pad.
to the wide world's
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talked to a
but-ter-fly As you would talk to a friend.
There was nev-er
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man would talk to a man.
ft*
<u/i poco piu moto.
delicato.
O :
but-ter-fly As you would talk to a friend.
There was nev-er a King1
like So-lo-inon,
Not since the world be - -g-anj But
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man would talk to a man.
t--U 1 _*j4 a
n\f.marcato.* vvuwv ^ w <^ -
Tempo !!!>She was Queen of 851
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un poco piitmoto.
p dslicato.
Lord- But they both of 'em talked to.
but -ter - flies When they took their walks a -
- broad! But they both .
Ped.
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When they took
their walks a - broad!
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ROLLING DQWN TO RIO.
Rudyard Kipling.
Allegro marca/o. J = m.
Edward^German,
j/Ts
I've
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Ped.
^nev - er sailed the A-ma-zon, I've nev -or reached Bra -
zil-, But the
afBf */ J *
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Ped.
?Don" and the "Ma/ - da They can go there when they
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week -ly from South-
cresc, rail. a faw/'o marcato
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-hampton, Great steam-ers white and .gold, Go roll-^ ing- down to
Ri - o, (Roll down, roll down to Ri - o!) And I'd like to roll to
Ri - o Scftne - day be-fore I'm old!
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da be -fore I'm
iI've nev-er seen a Jag--uar Nor
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tnosso.^E
yet an Ar - ma - dill O dillowing in his ar-mour, And I
Ii
ppmeno wosso.
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a tempo
spose I nev-et_ will, Ah!
senifre cresc. e. rail.
&~1 IP .MEi f^-less I gro to Ri - o These won-ders to be - hold Go.
k7sff^ct tempo marcato
t-T EJT U7
roll -ing- down to Ri - o Roll real -
ly down to Ri - ol Oh, I'd
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allargando.
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