Duties of the King is a song featured in the episode Can't Wait to be Queen.
It is sung by Simba and Zazu, who tries to assure Simba that his position as Ruler of the Pride Lands is one to be proud of.
Lyrics
- Zazu:
- Everyone in the Pride Lands big or small
- Looks forward to whenever you may call
- A visit from Your Highness is an honor, yes, it's true!
- All your subjects want so much to be with you!
- So embrace your position!
- The royal tradition
- Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing
- In all of the wonderful duties of the king!
- You welcome birds from all around
- Grant gazelles their grazing ground
- Behoove the official turaco whistles
- Guard the clearing of pointy thistles
- Reside over aardvark wedding rites
- Coach the mongooses on their bites
- Listen to the zebras' silly pleas
- And bless any animal when they sneeze!
- So embrace your position!
- The royal tradition
- Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing
- In all of the wonderful duties of the king!
- In all of the wonderful duties of the king!
- You set the limits on bushbuck hopping
- Judge the hippos' belly-flopping
- Considered crocodiles' complaints
- And tenderly kiss baby porcupines oh-so-gently
- Simba:
- Assign all the songbirds to their trees
- Advise confused chimpanzees
- Ceremonial naming of the bees
- Zazu:
- Consoling giraffes when they get fleas
- Simba:
- Actually, that's not much fun...
- Zazu:
- The fleas do tend to spread
- But that said!
- So embrace your position
- Simba:
- The royal tradition!
- Zazu:
- Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing
- In all of the wonderful
- Simba:
- In all of the wonderful
- Simba & Zazu:
- In all of the wonderful
- Duties of the king!
- In all of the wonderful
- Duties of the king!