specifically the song the Cowardly Lion sings. It begins:
"If I were king of the forest..................."
Thanks to all!
2006-10-11 07:06:39 · 7 answers · asked by The Mystic One 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
If I were King of the Forest,
not queen, not duke, not prince.
Each rabbit would show respect to me
The chipmunks genuflect to me.
Pretending that his three companions are his adoring subjects, they wrap the royal-looking beast's shoulders in a rug and crown his new permanent on his head with a jagged, broken flower pot. Then they ask him questions about his courage:
Dorothy: If you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Lion: Not nobody, not no how.
Tin Woodsman: Not even a rhinoceros?
Lion: Imp-oceros.
Dorothy: How about a hippopotamus?
Lion: Why I'd thrash him from top to bottom-us.
Dorothy: Supposin' you met an elephant.
Lion: I'd knot him up in cellophant.
Scarecrow: What if it were a brontosaurus?
Lion: I'd show him who's King of the Forest.
Group: 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 ape-ricot? What have they got that I ain't got?
Group: Courage.
Lion: You can say that again. Huh?
2006-10-11 07:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by sweetiepi 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Lyrics - COURAGE Lyrics
Artist: Lyrics
Song: COURAGE Lyrics
Dorothy
Your Majesty, If you were King, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Lion
Not nobody, not nohow!
Tin Man
Not even a rhinocerous?
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!
All Four
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?
All Four
Courage!
Lion
Then you can say that again!
2006-10-11 07:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by Navstar 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
IF I WERE THE KING OF THE FOREST
Lion
If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince.
My regal robes of the forest, would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.
I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl.
With a woof and a woof and a royal growl - woof.
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!
Monarch of all I survey -- Mo--na-a-a--a-arch Of all I survey!
You can find all of the lyrics to the songs on the site below.
2006-10-11 07:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
you guys are good...thumbs up to those who actually knew(or took the time to find) the lyrics. Nice little uplift to my day :)
2006-10-11 07:17:27 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth S 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
all the lyrics:
http://libretto.musicals.ru/text.php?textid=374&language=1
2006-10-11 07:07:59 · answer #5 · answered by tristanrobin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't but that movie is so nice
2006-10-11 07:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by natalia k 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
check lyrics.com
2006-10-11 07:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by the wiz kid 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋