THE JUNGLE BOOK - 8 - LAST PART

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8 Parade Song of the Camp Animals ELEPHANTS OF THE GUN TEAMS We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees; We bowed our necks to service: they ne’er were loosed again,— Make way there—way for the ten-foot teams Of the Forty-Pounder train!   GUN BULLOCKS   Those heroes in their harnesses avoid a cannon-ball, And what they know of powder upsets them one and all; Then we come into action and tug the guns again— Make way there—way for the twenty yoke Of the Forty-Pounder train!   CAVALRY HORSES