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Revision as of 01:42, 8 May 2014
"The Morning Report" is a song written for the Broadway musical adaptation of The Lion King. Sung by Zazu, Mufasa, and young Simba, the song is an extension of the scene in the original film where Zazu delivers a morning report to Mufasa, and later gets pounced on by Simba. It was later added, with an accompanying animated sequence, to the film for it's 2002 IMAX limited release. This can be found on the film's 2003 Platinum Edition DVD release, along with the original theatrical cut. The song is absent in the theatrical version of the 2011 3-D rerelease, but later appeared as a stand-alone bonus feature on the Diamond Edition Blu-ray release.
Lyrics
Zazu:
Good morning, sire!
Mufasa:
Good morning Zazu!
Zazu:
Checking in with the Morning Report.
Mufasa:
Fire away!
Zazu:
Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks
Showed interest in my nest egg but I quickly said, "No thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report
Mufasa:
What are you doing, son?
Simba:
Pouncing.
Mufasa:
Let an old pro show you how it's done....
Zazu:
Oh the buffalo have got a beef about this season's grass...
Mufasa:
Keep low to the ground.
Simba:
Ok, stay low to the ground.
Mufasa:
Shh! Not a sound...take one more step. Then pounce!
Zazu:
...are quite frankly in the dung. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk!!!
Mufasa:
Ha Ha Ha!
Simba:
This is the morning report
gives you the long and the short.
Every grunt, roar, and snort, not a tale I distort,
(muffled) on the morning report.
Mufasa:
Ha Ha Ha!