Template:Song Infobox "The Morning Report" is a song from The Lion King. It is sung by Zazu as he reports to Mufasa. It is then picked up by Simba, who uses it to mock Zazu.
Information
"The Morning Report" was first released for the stage musical. The musical number was added to the Special Edition of the film with a slightly different version than that of the stage musical. However, when the film was re-released in Cinemas in 3D, the song wasn't shown, nor was it included in the Diamond Edition released in 2011.
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
"Let an old pro show you how it's done..."
- On the morning report!
"Stay low to the ground."
Mufasa:
- What are you doing, son?
Simba:
- Pouncing.
"Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrkkkkk!"
Mufasa:
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
- Let an old pro show you how it's done...
Zazu:
- Oh the buffalo have got a beef (talking in the background) about this season's grass
- Warthogs have been thwarted in attempts to save their gas
- Flamingos in the pink are chasing secretary birds
- Saffron is this season's color seen in all the herds
- Moving down the rank and file to near the bottom rung
- Far too many beetles...
Mufasa:
- Stay low to the ground.
Simba:
- Okay, stay low to the ground.
Mufasa:
- Shh! Not a sound... take one more step. Then pounce!
Zazu:
- ...Are quite frankly in the dung. *gasps*
Mufasa:
- laughs*
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:
- laughs*
Trivia
- Simba's singing voice is provided by Evan Saucedo due to his original singing voice provider, Jason Weaver, being too old to reprise his role as Simba.
- In June 2010, nine minutes of the musical were cut, including the "The Morning Report" musical number.
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