From the film “The Wizard of Oz”, 1938.
Words by E. Y. Harburg.
Music by Harold Arlen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
If I were King of the Forest
Not queen, not duke, not prince
My regal robes of the forest
Would be satin, not cotton, not chintz
I’d command each thing, be it fish or fowl
With a woof and a woof, and a royal growl
As I’d click my heel all the trees would kneel
And the mountains bow and the bulls kow-tow
And the sparrows would take wing
‘fI ‘fI were king
Sung here by Vancha March: