If I Were King of the Forest (Extended Version)

If I were king of the forest

Not queen, not duke, not prince

My regal robes of the forest

Would be satin, and not a-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 a-take wing

If I, if I, were king!

Each rabbit would show respect a-to me

The chipmunks genuflect a-to me

Though my tail would lash, I would show compash

For every underling!

If I, If I, were king!

Just king!

Each rabbit would show respect to him

The chipmunks genuflect to him

And his wife would be queen of the May

And I'll be monarch

Of all I survey

Monarch

Of all I survey

Mo-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-narch

Of all I survey!

Your Majesty, if you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?

Not nobody, not nohow!

Not even a rhinoceros?

Imposserous!

How about a hippopotamus?

Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus!

Supposin' you met an elephant?

I'd wrap him up in cellophant!

What if it were a brontosaurus?

I'd show him who was king of the forest!

How?

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?

Courage!

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 a-thing

If I, if I, if I, were K-

King!