The Jungle King (Signifying Monkey)-Cab Calloway/Miles Davis

[ti:The Jungle King] [ar:Cab Calloway/Duke Ellington/Max Roach] [al:African American, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Jungle King (Signifying Monkey) - Cab Calloway/Miles Davis (迈尔斯·戴维斯) [00:08.27]You call yourself the jungle king [00:11.59]You call yourself the jungle king [00:14.72] [00:15.32]You call yourself the jungle king [00:19.15]I found out you ain't a doggone thing [00:22.83]Said the monkey to the lion on a bright summer day [00:26.30]Say man there's a big bad cat living down the way [00:29.86]You know he talks about your folks in a heck of a way [00:33.43]And he says a whole lotta things that I'm sorta afraid to say [00:37.27] [00:37.90]Well the lion jumps salty all full of rage [00:41.33]Like a Harlem cat that's left in his cage [00:44.95]He meets the elephant up under a great big tree [00:48.67]And he says look here now big boy it's either you or me [00:52.17] [00:53.18]They fought all night and they fought all day [00:55.95]Man I really don't know how but the lion he got away [00:59.55] [01:00.26]He came back to the jungle more dead than alive [01:03.92]And that's when the monkey started to signify [01:07.27] [01:08.10]You call yourself the jungle king [01:11.50]You call yourself the jungle king [01:15.44]You call yourself the jungle king [01:19.46]I found out you ain't a doggone thing [01:22.59] [01:53.83]You call yourself the jungle king [01:57.33]You call yourself the jungle king [02:01.22]You call yourself the jungle king [02:05.18]I found out you ain't a doggone thing [02:09.03]Well he worked up his temper when he was jumping up and down [02:11.91] [02:12.67]And his foot missed a limb and his head hit the ground [02:16.51]Like a bolt o lightning in a stricken heap [02:19.35] [02:20.49]The lion was on the poor monkey with all four feet [02:24.00] [02:24.82]The monkey looks up from the corner of his eyes [02:27.67]And he says now Mr lion I apologize [02:31.48] [02:32.03]The monkey on his back he's slick he studies up a scheme [02:35.70] [02:36.28]He's trying to trick the old jungle king [02:39.43]He said now bear with me Mr lion like a good lion should [02:43.30]Please don't tear me up and throw me all over the woods [02:46.47] [02:47.05]Well the lion jumps up and he squares off to fight [02:51.18]Oh but the monkey fooled him he was completely outta sight [02:54.72]You call yourself the jungle king [02:58.59]You call yourself the jungle king [03:02.43]You call yourself the jungle king [03:06.57]I found out you ain't a doggone thing