Duties of the King

Everyone in the Pride Lands big or small Looks forward to whenever you may call A visit from Your Highness is an honor, yes, it's true All your subjects want so much to be with you! So embrace your position The royal tradition Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing In all of the wonderful duties of the king You welcome birds from all around Grant gazelles their grazing ground Approve the official turaco whistles Guard the clearing of pointy thistles Reside over aardvark wedding rites Coach some mongooses on their bite Listen to the zebras' silly pleas And bless any animal when they sneeze! So embrace your position The royal tradition Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing In all of the wonderful duties of the king In all of the wonderful duties of the king You set the limit on bushbuck hopping Judged the hippos' belly-flopping Considered crocodiles' complaints And tenderly kiss baby porcupines, oh, so gently Assign all the songbirds to their trees Advise confused chimpanzees Ceremonial naming of the bees Consoling giraffes when they get fleas Actually, that's not much fun The fleas do tend to spread, but that said So embrace your position The royal tradition Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing In all of the wonderful- In all of the wonderful- In all of the wonderful duties of the king! In all of the wonderful duties of the king!