Singing Kipling
The website editor (yours truly) is a keen singer of his own settings of Kipling’s verses collected under the name ‘Singing Kipling’. The links below will take you to the poems with Singing Kipling songs beneath.
- Arithmetic on the Frontier (260525)
- As far as the East is set from the West (080525)
- A Ballad of Bitterness (261024)
- The Ballad of the Bolivar (280525)
- The Ballad of the Clampherdown (060825)
- A Ballade of Burial (090525)
- The Bee-Boy’s Song (280525)
- Bridge-Guard in the Karroo (130125)
- Brookland Road (150225)
- Carmen Simlaense (280525)
- A Carol (080525)
- Christmas in India (261024)
- The Coiner (240226)
- The Dutch in the Medway (080525)
- Gentlemen-Rankers (090525)
- The Glory of the Garden (090525)
- I Have a Thousand Men (261024)
- Jobson’s Amen (261024)
- The Liner, She’s A Lady (150425)
- Mandalay (290525)
- An Old Song (250525)
- Rimini (250525)
- A Ripple Song (130125)
- Rolling Down to Rio (290525)
- The Undertaker’s Horse (261024)
If you are a member and wish to share your own Kipling recordings on this page, please contact Ian at iantks@icloud.com
Spotify
We have put together this Spotify playlist with a selection of Kipling-related music containing both his verses set to music and music inspired by his works. If there is something you know is already on Spotify and would like to see added, please let Mike Kipling know at michaelrkipling@gmail.com
Kipling and Music
Brian Mattinson has written a detailed study relating to the setting of Kipling’s work to music, both during Kipling’s lifetime and thereafter, it can be read here. Brian has also compiled a comprehensive catalogue of the Musical settings of Kipling’s verse.
A Diversity of Kipling
This 24-hour event took place at Bateman’s in 2017 and involved readings of Kipling’s verse and prose by many contributors. It was broadcast live on YouTube. A one hour video and audio recordings of all the readings can be found here.
Bateman’s • DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
