It’s an hon or and a (Ab)priv ’lege, a (Bb)du ty I per (Bb)form with (Eb)due sense of de (Eb7)cor um and with (Ab)pride,

with def er ence and (Ab)great re spect (Bb)ver y much the (Bb)norm, plus a (Eb)hint of syc o (Eb7)phan cy on the (Ab)side.

(Ab)To (Db)lay be fore my rul er all the (Ab)facts a bout his realm, to (Bb)fill him in on (Bb7)all the beast ly (Eb7)news,

in (Ab)or der that his maj es ty stands (Bb)stur dy at the helm, a (Ab)ware of all the fau na’s la test views.

Chimps are go ing ape.

Gir affes re main a bove it all.

(Db)El e phants re mem ber, though just what I can’t re call.

(Bb)Croc o diles are snap ping up fresh of fers from the banks.

Showed (Eb)in terest in my nest egg but I quick ly said “no thanks!” We (C)have n’t paid the horn bills and the (C)vul tures have a hunch not (Db)ev ’ry one in vit ed will be (Ab)com ing (Eb)back from (Ab)lunch.

This is the (Eb)morn ing re port,

gives you the (Ab)long and the short,

ev ’ry (Eb)grunt, roar and snort,

not a tale I dis tort

on the (Gb)morn

ing re (Ab)port.

The buf fa lo have got a beef a bout this sea son’s grass.

(Db)Wart hogs have been thwart ed in at tempts to save their gas.

stay Flam (Bb)in goes in the pink and chas ing sec re ta ry birds.

a (Eb)Saf fron is the sea son’s col or seen in all the herds.

(C)Mov ing down the rank and file to (C)near the bot tom rung, more (Db)far too man y bee tles are quite (Eb)frank ly in the (CN.C.)dung.

pounce!

Awk!

This is the (E)morn ing re port, gives you the (A)long and the short,

ev ’ry (E)grunt, roar and snort, not a tale I dis tort

on the (G)morn

ing re port.

This is the (E)morn ing re port, gives you the (A)long and the short,

ev ’ry (E)grunt, roar and snort,

not a (F)tale I dis tort

on the (G)morn

ing re port.