Lyrics If I Were King of the Forest - Judy Garland, Ray Bolger & Buddy Ebson

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!
DOROTHY, SCARECROW and TINMAN:
Each rabbit would show respect to him. The chipmunks genuflect to me.
Monarch of all I survey -- Mo--na-a-a--a-arch Of all I survey!
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! huh?
Courage is the King of Kings,
With Courage I'd Be King of Kings
Id be Hailed and crowned by every living thing
If - If I - If I -were K-
King!