The Jungle King (You Ain’t Done A Doggone Thing) – Cab Calloway
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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 living 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 afraid to say”
Well, the lion jumps 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 come 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 jumping up and down And his foot missed the limb and his head hit the ground Like a bolt of lightning and a streak 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, now he’s slick, he studies up a scheme He’s trying to trick the ol’ jungle king
He said “Now bare 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 Oh, 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