The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Chapter 16 Page 1

his is the song that Mowgli heard behind him in the Jungle till he came to Messua’s door again.

Baloo

For the sake of him who showed

One wise Frog the Jungle-Road,

Keep the Law the Man-Pack make —

For thy blind old Baloo’s sake!

Clean or tainted, hot or stale,

Hold it as it were the Trail,

Through the day and through the night,

Questing neither left nor right.

For the sake of him who loves

Thee beyond all else that moves,

When thy Pack would make thee pain,