| 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 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 | 
| 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 his gauge | 
| He meets the elephant in the front of the tree | 
| He says, «Now big boy, it’s you or me» | 
| The Elephant looks him from the corner of his eyes | 
| «You better find someone to fight your size» | 
| The lion jumps up and makes a fancy pass | 
| But the Elephant knocks him over in the grass | 
| They fought all night and they fought all day | 
| I don’t know how the lion, well he got away | 
| He come back through the jungle 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 | 
| 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 on his back, studies up a scheme | 
| He’s trying to trick that jungle king | 
| «Be bad with me, I wish you would | 
| I’d tear you up all over the wood» | 
| The lion jumps up, 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 | 
| I found out you ain’t a doggone thing |