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This article is about the stage musical song.
You may be looking for the song from the 1994 film or the episode from The Lion Guard.


The Morning Report (stage musical)
Attribution information
Composer

Elton John

Lyricist

Tim Rice

Performers

   Geoff Hoyle
   Samuel E. Wright
   Scott Irby-Ranniar

Release information
Released

1997

Track

3

Length

2:31

Albums

The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Appearances

The Lion King (stage musical)

Samples
Versions

The Morning Report (musical).ogg 

"The Morning Report" is a song composed by Elton John for the stage musical version of The Lion King.

Lyrics[]

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: (spoken)
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: (spoken)
Zazu! The morning report!

Zazu: (spoken)
Er, yes, sire. The morning report.

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: (spoken)
What are you doing, son?

Simba: (spoken)
Pouncing.

Mufasa: (spoken)
Let an old pro show you how it's done.

Zazu:
The buffalo have got a beef

Mufasa: (spoken)
Stay low to the ground

Zazu:
About this season's grass
Warthogs have been thwarted
In attempts to save their gas

Simba:
Yes, stay low

Zazu:
Flamingos in the pink
Chasing secretary birds

Mufasa: (spoken)
Shhh, not a sound

Zazu:
Saffron is this season's color
Seen in all the herds

Mufasa: (spoken)
Take it slow

Zazu:
Moving down the rank and file
To near the bottom rung

Mufasa: (spoken)
One more step
Then...

Zazu:
Far too many beetles are
Quite frankly in the dung

Mufasa: (spoken)
Pounce!

Zazu: (spoken)
Aaahhh!

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

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

Trivia[]

  • In June 2010, nine minutes of the musical were cut, including the "The Morning Report" musical number.


The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Circle of Life    Grasslands Chant    The Morning Report    The Lioness Hunt    I Just Can't Wait to Be King    Chow Down    They Live In You    Be Prepared    The Stampede    Rafiki Mourns    Hakuna Matata    One By One    The Madness of King Scar    Shadowland    The Lion Sleeps Tonight    Endless Night    Can You Feel the Love Tonight    He Lives In You (Reprise)    Simba Confronts Scar    King of Pride Rock / Circle of Life (Reprise)