If I Were King of the Forest (Extended Version)

Lyrics

[LION] If I were king of the forest Not queen, not duke, not prince My regal robes of the forest Would be satin, and not cotton, and not chintz I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl With a woof and a woof and a royal growl As I'd click my heel, all the trees would kneel! And the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow! And the sparrow would take wing If I, if I, were king! Each rabbit would show respect to me The chipmunks genuflect to me Though my tail would lash, I would show compash For every underling! If I, If I, were king! Just king! [DOROTHY, SCARECROW, & TIN MAN] Each rabbit would show respect to him The chipmunks genuflect to him [SCARECROW] And his wife would be queen of the May [LION] And I'll be monarch Of all I survey Monarch Of all I survey Mo-na-arch Of all I survey! [DOROTHY] Your Majesty, if you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything? [LION] Not nobody, not nohow! [TIN MAN] Not even a rhinoceros? [LION] Imposserous! [DOROTHY] How about a hippopotamus? [LION] Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus! [DOROTHY] Supposin' you met an elephant? [LION] I'd wrap him up in cellophant! [SCARECROW] What if it were a brontosaurus? [LION] I'd show him who was king of the forest! [DOROTHY, TIN MAN, & SCARECROW] How? [LION] How? Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got? [DOROTHY, TIN MAN, & SCARECROW] Courage! [LION] You can say that again! For courage is the king of kings With courage I'd be king of kings The whole year round I'd be hailed and crowned by every living thing If I, if I, if I, were K- King!