The Jungle King

The Jungle King - Count Basie (貝西·伯爵)

You call yourself the jungle king

You call yourself the jungle king

You call yourself the jungle king

But I found out

You ain't a doggone thing

Said the monkey to the lion

On the bright summer day

There's a big bad cat

Living down the way

He talked about your folks

In a heck of a way

And a lot of other things

I'm afraid to say

The lion jumps up all full of rage

Like a Harlem cat

That's blown down his gauge

He meets the elephant

Up under a tree

And he said big boy

Even you or me

The elephant looks him over

From the corner of his eyes

You better find someone

To fight that's more your size

The lion jumps up

And makes a fancy pass

But the elephant knocks him over

In the grass

They fought all day

They fought all night

I don't know what happened

Well things got tight

The lion came back

More dead than alive

And that's when the monkey

Really started his jive

You call yourself the jungle king

You call yourself the jungle king

You call yourself the jungle king

But I found out

You ain't a doggone thing

Well he waked up his temper

When he jumping up and down

And his foot missed the limb

And his head hit the ground

Like a bolt of lightening

And a streak of heat

The lion was on him with all four feet

But the monkey looks up

From the corner of his eye

Says now Mr Lion I apologize

The monkey's on his back

Studies up a scheme

He's trying to get

Really back jungle king

You bare with me

And I wish you would

I'd tear you up all over the wood

The lion jumps up

And squares off for a fight

But the monkey jumped

Completely out of sight

So if you bother me again

I'll turn you over to my elephant friend

You call yourself the jungle king

You call yourself the jungle king

You call yourself the jungle king

But I found out

You ain't a doggone thing