Signifying Monkey

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 livin' 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 jumpin' up and down
 And his foot missed the limb and his head hit the ground
 Like a bolt of light'ning 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 tryin' 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