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(Foot-Service to the Hills)
In the name of the Empress of India, make way, / O Lords of the Jungle, wherever you roam. / The woods are astir at the close of the day -- / We exiles are waiting for letters from Home. / Let the robber retreat -- let the tiger turn tail -- / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail!