Kipling's text was adapted by Oley Speaks for what became his best-known song "On the Road to Mandalay", which was popularized by Peter Dawson. Speaks sets the poem to music in  time, marked Alla Marcia; the key is E-flat major.
Rudyard Kipling's poem was transformed by Oley Speaks into his well-known song "On the Road to Mandalay," which gained widespread popularity thanks to Peter Dawson. Speaks composed the melody for the song in a time signature of Alla Marcia, with the key set as E-flat major.