Jungle King Songtext
von Cab Calloway

You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
I found out you ain′t a doggone thing!

Said the monkey to the lion on a bright summer day
"Say, man, there's a big bad cat livin′ down the way
You know he talks about your folks in a heck of a way
And he says a whole lot of things that I'm sorta 'fraid to say"
Well, the lion jumped salty, all full of rage
Like a Harlem cat that′s left in his cage
He meets the elephant up under a great big tree
And he says, "Now look here, big boy, it′s either you or me?"
They fought all night and they fought all day
Man, I really don't know how, but the lion, he got away
He came back to the jungle more dead than alive
And that′s when the monkey started to signify


You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
I found out you ain't a doggone thing!

You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
I found out you ain′t a doggone thing!

Well, he worked up his temper when he was jumpin' up and down
And his foot missed a limb, and his head hit the ground
Like a bolt of lightning and a stick of heat
The lion was on the poor monkey with all four feet
The monkey looks up from the corner of his eyes
And he says, "Now, Mr. Lion, I apologize"
The monkey on his back, he′s slick, he studies up a scheme
He's tryin' to trick the old Jungle King
He said, "Now bear with me, Mr. Lion, like a good lion should
Please don′t tear me up and throw me all over the woods"
Well, the lion jumps up and he squares off to fight
Ah, but the monkey fooled him, he was completely out of sight


You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
You call yourself the Jungle King
I found out you ain′t a doggone thing!