Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice

Performed by Geoff Hoyle, Samuel E. Wright, and Scott Irby-Ranniar



Zazu:

It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform

With due sense of decorum and with pride

With deference and great respect very much the norm

Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side

To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm

To fill him in on all the beastly news



Mufasa and All:

Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it!



Zazu:

In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm

Aware of all the fauna's latest views



Mufasa and All:

Zazu! The morning report!



Zazu:

Er-- yes, Sire-- the morning report



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 for 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 and All:

What are you doing, son?



Simba:

Pouncing



Mufasa and All:

Let and old pro show you how it's done



Zazu: Mufasa and All:

The buffalo have got a beef

About this season's grass Stay low to the ground

Warthogs have been thwarted

In attempts to save their gas Simba:

Flamingoes in the pink and Yeah, stay low!

Chasing secretary birds

Saffron is this season's color Mufasa and All:

Seen in all the herds Shh, not a sound

Moving down the rank and file Take it slow

To near the bottom rung One more step

Far too many beetles are

Quite frankly in the dung Then pounce!

Aaaaaak!



Simba:

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 and All:

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