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I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)    (1966)

Now I'm the king of the swingers, yeah
The jungle V.I.P.
I've reached the top, and had to stop
And that's what's botherin' me

Oh, scooby-doo...I wanna be like you-ou-ou
I wanna walk like you, talk like you do-oo-oo
You see it's true-ue-ue, an ape like me-ee-ee
Can learn to be hu-u-u-man, too-oo-oo

I wanna be a man, man-cub
And stroll right into town
To be just like all the other men
I'm tired of monkeying around

Oh, scooby-doo...I wanna be like you-ou-ou
I wanna walk like you, talk like you, too-oo-oo
You see it's true-ue-ue, an ape like me-ee-ee
Can learn to be like someone like you

I'll ape your mannerisms
We'll be a set of twins
Hey, no one will know where the man-cub ends
And the our-rang-a-tang begins

And when I peel bananas
I won't peel them with my feet
I'll learn me some man mannerisms
And some man etti-keet

Oh, scooby-doo...I wanna be like you-ou-ou
I wanna walk like you, talk like you, too-oo-oo
You see it's true-ue-ue, an ape like me-ee-ee
Can learn to be hu-u-u-man, too-oo-oo

Lyrics by Richard Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
Recorded by Louis Prima as King Louie.
From the Disney movie "The Jungle Book".

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