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If I Were King of the Forest

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Two portions of the song were cut for reasons of time: a brief middle stanza in which the other characters echo the verse that preceded it and Lahr first proclaims himself "Monarch of all I survey" (a line repeated later in the song), and the final stanza which ended with the Lion proclaiming "If
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are waiting to learn whether the Wizard will grant them an audience. Lahr employs a spoken interlude during the number, in which the rest of the group ask him how he would deal with other powerful animals if he were king, for example:
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Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' on Stage and Screen to 1939"
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The song contains the line "What makes the Hottentot so Hot?" a phrase that refers to the
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The complete version of the song can be heard on the deluxe 1995 soundtrack release from
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Production and plot (RSC Version) at guidetomusicaltheatre.com
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The song has been used in several of the stage versions of
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Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s
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Georgia Stark, who was paid $ 25 for her involvement).
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Index

The Wizard of Oz
Harold Arlen
E.Y. Harburg
Cowardly Lion
Bert Lahr
Emerald City
Dorothy
Toto
Tin Woodman
Scarecrow
cellophant
Khoikhoi
soprano
Rhino Records
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
Nathan Lane
Prince
The Wizard of Oz
Tom Hardy
Al Capone
Capone
Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz
The Merry Old Land of Oz
The Jitterbug
Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' on Stage and Screen to 1939"
ISBN
0-8018-6477-1
"Yip Harburg: Father of the Socially Conscious Lyric"
American Songwriter
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