The Lion King Jr by Music Theatre International Australasia

M usi c & Lyr i cs by

ELTON JOHN & T I M R I C E A d d i ti o na l M usi c & Lyrics by

LEBO M, MAR K M A N C I N A , JAY R IFK IN, AND H A N S ZI MME R Book by

R OG ER ALLER S & IRE N E ME C C H I BA SE D O N TH E B R O A D WA Y P R ODU CT ION DIRE CT E D BY

JULIE TAYM O R

NA ME : CHARACTER:

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ACTOR’S SCRIPT

TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome to the Theater.................................................... ii What to Expect During Rehearsals .................................iii Marking Your Script ......................................................... iv Synopsis............................................................................ vi Theater Tips .....................................................................vii Characters.......................................................................viii The Show............................................................................1 Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama.................................1 Grasslands Chant.............................................................18 The Lioness Hunt..............................................................26 I Just Can’t Wait to Be King...............................................31 Be Prepared......................................................................44 They Live in You................................................................53 The Stampede ..................................................................61 The Mourning...................................................................67 Hakuna Matata................................................................73 Shadowland .....................................................................87 Can You Feel the Love Tonight .........................................97 He Lives in You................................................................105 Luau Hawaiian Treat......................................................117 Finale..............................................................................123 Bows ...............................................................................125 Theater Glossary ...........................................................128 Show Glossary ...............................................................130 African Languages Glossary.........................................132 Credits and Copyrights.................................................135

WELCOME TO THE THEATER Congratulations! You’ll be working with your creative team and fellow cast members to put on a musical. Before you begin rehearsals, there are some important things you should know. This book is your script. Whether putting on a school production or rehearsing a professional show, every actor, director, and stage manager works from a script. Your Actor’s Script contains additional information about this musical, like this introduction and several glossaries. You can look up any bold words in the Theater Glossary at the back of this book. Be sure to take good care of your script, and take notes with a pencil, since what you’ll be doing onstage can change during rehearsals. One of the first things you’ll need to learn is what to call the various areas of the stage. Since many indoor stages used to be raked, or tilted down toward the house, where the audience sits, we still use the term downstage to refer to the area closest to the audience and upstage to refer to the area furthest from the audience. Stage left and stage right are from the actor’s perspective when facing the audience. This diagram shows the nine different parts of the stage.

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WHAT TO EXPECT DURING REHEARSALS You will be performing a musical, a type of play that tells a story through songs, dances, and dialogue. Because there are so many parts of a musical, most shows have more than one author. The composer writes the music and usually works with a lyricist, who writes the lyrics, or words, to the songs. The book writer writes the dialogue (spoken words, or lines) and the stage directions, which tell the actors what to do onstage and what music cues to listen for. Your director will plan rehearsals so that the cast is ready to give its best performance on opening night! Remember to warm up before each rehearsal so that your mind, body, and voice are ready to go. Every rehearsal process is a little bit different, but here is an idea of what you can expect as you begin to work on your show.

Music Since you’re performing a musical, it is important to learn the music in the rehearsal process. Your music director will teach the cast all the songs in the show and tell you what to practice at home.

Choreography After you’ve got the music down, you’ll begin working on the choreography – or dance – in the show. Your choreographer will create the dances and teach them to the cast. The music and the choreography help tell the story.

Blocking & Scene Work

Your director will block the show by telling the cast where to stand and how to move around the stage. You’ll use your parts of the stage (downstage left, upstage right, etc.) a lot during this portion of the rehearsal process. You will also practice speaking your lines and work on memorizing them. Rehearsing your part from memory is called being off-book. Your director will help you understand the important action in each scene so you can make the best choices for your character’s objective, or what your character wants.

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MARKING YOUR SCRIPT 1 2 3

Always write your name legibly in the space provided on the cover of your script. Scripts have a way of getting lost or changing hands during rehearsals! Underline important stage directions, lines, lyrics, and individual words. For example, if your line reads “I pratically gift-wrapped those cubs for you!” and your director wants you to stress the phrase “gift-wrapped,” underline it in your script. Save time and space by using the following standard abbreviations: ON: onstage

OFF: offstage

US: upstage

DS: downstage

SL: stage left

SR: stage right

CS: center stage

X: cross

You may use these abbreviations to modify other instructions (example: you could write “R hand up” to remind yourself to raise your right hand). You may also combine them in various ways (example: you could write “XDSR” to remind yourself to cross downstage right).

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Mark your lines and lyrics with a bright-colored highlighter to make your part stand out on the page. This will allow you to look up from your script during rehearsals, since it will be easier to find your place when you look back down. Draw stick figures to help you remember your choreography. Remember, the simpler the better. Draw diagrams to help clarify your blocking. For example, if you are instructed to walk in a circle around Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, you might draw a large “H” to represent the three hyenas, then draw an arrow around the “H” indicating the direction in which you are supposed to walk. Mark your music with large commas to remind yourself where to take breaths while singing.

Although you should feel free to mark up your script, be careful it doesn’t become so cluttered with notes that you have a hard time finding your lines on the page!

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SYNOPSIS RAFIKI gathers the ANIMALS of the Pridelands to welcome the newborn cub of King MUFASA and Queen SARABI (Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama). The king’s jealous brother SCAR, no longer heir to the throne, skips the ceremony, upsetting Mufasa. Time passes (Grasslands Chant) and YOUNG SIMBA grows into a curious young lion. Mufasa explains the circle of life and that Young Simba will one day be king of the Pridelands. Young Simba shares this news with Scar, who encourages his nephew to visit the forbidden Elephant Graveyard. Young Simba finds his best friend YOUNG NALA hunting with SARAFINA and the LIONESSES (The Lioness Hunt) and invites her on his adventure. Once they ditch their overbearing babysitter ZAZU (I Just Can’t Wait to Be King), the cubs encounter the ravenous SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED in the graveyard. Mufasa arrives and pummels the hyenas then takes the cubs home. Scar emerges from the darkness to recruit the HYENAS in his murderous plan to become king (Be Prepared). Back in the Pridelands, Mufasa reprimands Young Simba then shares the guidance of their ancestors, up among the stars (They Live in You). Enacting his plan, Scar leaves Young Simba alone in the gorge and signals the hyenas to scare a herd of wildebeest (The Stampede). Scar alerts Mufasa, who leaps into the stampede to save his son. Mufasa rescues Young Simba, but Scar pushes his brother back into the gorge, where he is trampled. Scar blames Young Simba for the king’s death and tells him to run away and never return. As Sarabi, Young Nala, Rafiki, and the lionesses mourn the loss of Mufasa and Young Simba (The Mourning), Scar assumes the throne, uniting lions and hyenas under his dark reign. Lost in the desert, Young Simba meets TIMON and PUMBAA, who take him to their “worry-free” jungle home (Hakuna Matata). Under Scar’s reign, the Pridelands are nearly destroyed. Now grown, NALA decides to leave and seek help (Shadowland). To her delight, she finds SIMBA alive in the jungle (Can You Feel the Love Tonight). Nala urges him to take his rightful place as king, but still ashamed, Simba refuses. Rafiki appears and helps Simba remember his father (He Lives in You). With newfound courage, Simba agrees to return to the Pridelands. Timon and Pumbaa distract the hyenas (Luau Hawaiian Treat) while Nala rallies the lionesses. Simba confronts his uncle, the truth of Mufasa’s murder is revealed, and Scar runs away, pursued by angry hyenas. With peace restored in the Pridelands, Simba takes his place as king and the circle of life continues (Finale).

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THEATER TIPS •• It takes an ensemble to make a show; everyone’s part is important. •• Be respectful of others at all times. •• Always arrive at rehearsal on time and ready to begin. •• Bring your script and a pencil to every rehearsal. •• Be specific! Make clear choices about your character’s background and motivation for each line and action. •• Don’t upstage yourself. Cheat out so the audience can always see your face and hear your voice. •• To help memorize your lines, try writing them down or speaking them aloud to yourself in a mirror. •• Remember to thank your director and fellow cast and crew often. •• Before each performance, wish everyone “break a leg” – which is theater talk for “good luck!” •• Be quiet backstage. If you can see audience members, they can see you, so stay out of sight. •• If you forget a line or something unexpected happens onstage, keep going! When you remain confident and in character, it’s unlikely that the audience will notice anything is wrong. •• Have fun!

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CHARACTERS RAFIKI – a mysterious and wise mandrill ENSEMBLE – the animal inhabitants of the Pridelands, including the wildebeest; also transform into the jungle and desert MUFASA – a lion, king of the Pridelands, and Simba’s father SARABI – a lioness, queen of the Pridelands, and Simba’s mother ZAZU – a hornbill, Mufasa’s loyal yet fretful attendant SCAR – a lion, Mufasa’s jealous brother YOUNG SIMBA / SIMBA – a curious, eager lion who will one day be king LIONESSES – the female lions who care for the Pridelands YOUNG NALA / NALA – a spunky, brave lioness and Simba’s best friend SARAFINA – a lioness, Nala’s mother BANZAI – a scruffy male hyena who serves Scar SHENZI – a tough female hyena who serves Scar ED – a dimwitted male hyena who serves Scar HYENAS – stinking, mangy animals who live outside the Pridelands TIMON – a sarcastic, outgoing meerkat who lives in the jungle PUMBAA – a gentle, kind-hearted warthog and Timon’s best friend

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(Pride Rock comes into view above the gathering menagerie. A hornbill, ZAZU, reverently bows to a regal lion, MUFASA, and his mate, SARABI. RAFIKI hobbles through the crowd, climbs to the promontory, and embraces MUFASA, who carries a royal symbol. SARABI nestles her newborn cub in her paws. RAFIKI rattles gourds over the cub and smears nectar on his forehead.) 34

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(RAFIKI gently lifts and presents baby Simba to his SUBJECTS, who react with jubilation.)

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œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ

I - ngo - nya - ma

bb ‰ b & b &b b œ.

b œœ œœ œœ

cir

j œ

bb ‰ b & bb

ALL:

cle,

œœ œœ œœ

bœ

the

œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ

I - ngo - nya - ma

neng - we we - ma.

I - ngo - nya - ma

neng - we we - ma.

The cir - cle of

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ

& b Œ ‰ j œ œ œ ww œ

life!

˙˙

(ALL exit. #3 INTO SCAR’S CAVE.)

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SCENE 2: SCAR’S CAVE (A field mouse scampers across the stage. SCAR enters and captures it.) SCAR (holding the mouse by the tail) Life’s not fair, is it? You see, I shall never be king. And you... (laughs) You shall never see another day. Adieu. (SCAR is about to dine when ZAZU enters.) ZAZU Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to play with your food? (The mouse scampers offstage to see another day!) SCAR (mock sad) Now look, Zazu – you’ve made me lose my lunch. ZAZU You’ll lose more than that when the king gets through with you! (SCAR, licking his chops, advances on ZAZU, who backs away. MUFASA enters.) Scar!

MUFASA

ZAZU Impeccable timing, Your Majesty. MUFASA Sarabi and I didn’t see you at the presentation of Simba. SCAR (insincere) That was today? Oh, I feel simply awful. Must have slipped my mind. ZAZU As the king’s brother, you should have been first in line. SCAR I was first in line... until the little hairball was born. MUFASA That hairball is my son and your future king.

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Oh, I shall practice my curtsy.

SCAR

(SCAR turns to walk away.) MUFASA Don’t turn your back on me, Scar! SCAR Oh, no, Mufasa. Perhaps you shouldn’t turn your back on me! (SCAR and MUFASA aggressively face off. ZAZU takes cover.) Is that a challenge?

MUFASA

SCAR (backing off) Temper, temper. I wouldn’t dream of challenging you. Pity. Why not?

ZAZU

SCAR Well, I got the lion’s share of brains… but when it comes to brute strength, I’m afraid I’m in the shallow end of the gene pool… (SCAR slinks away and exits. MUFASA paces.) MUFASA What am I going to do with him? ZAZU

Well, sire… (gestures to the ground) … he’d make a very handsome throw rug. Zazu!

MUFASA

ZAZU And just think. Whenever he gets dirty, you can take him out and beat him! (MUFASA laughs as he exits with ZAZU.)

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SCENE 3: THE PRIDELANDS (#4 GRASSLANDS CHANT. Time has passed. RAFIKI enters and looks off in the distance. The ENSEMBLE forms the grass of the Pridelands. Something exciting approaches.)

The Grasslands

Grasslands Chant Flowing Like The Wind 1

bbb 6 b & 8

bbb œ . b &

Œ.

zmm

bbbb

∑

b & b bb œ .

‰

œ.

Œ.

œ œ œ

zmm

œ œ

Œ.

Zm zm zmm

ma - ma ye

œ.

zmm

Œ.

œ.

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ma - ma ye.

œ. ‰

zmm.

Œ.

zmm

œ œ

Zm zm

Œ.

zmm

Ma - ma ye

œ.

‰

œ.

bb & b b Œ . œ œ œ nœ œ Œ . œ œ œ bbb b &

Œ.

ENSEMBLE 3:

ENSEMBLE 2:

(ENSEMBLE 3):

zmm.

œ œ œ

ma - ma ye

Œ. Œ. œ œ œ

Ma - ma ye

œ. Œ. œ œ

Zm zm zmm

b & b bb Œ . œ œ œ

Œ . œ œ œ nœ œ Œ . œ œ œ

ma - ma ye

bb b & b œ. Œ.

œ.

zmm

ENSEMBLE 1:

bb œ b & b

ma - ma ye

zmm

œ J

Wo - za'm - fan’.

Œ.

ma - ma ye.

œ. ‰

zmm.

œ œ

Zm zm

‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ. .

2): bb b b(ENSEMBLE œ œ œ Œ.

Oh,

wo - za!

Œ.

Ma - ma ye

bb b b(ENSEMBLE 3): Œ . œ. &

œ œ œ

ma - ma ye

Œ.

œ.

zmm

bbb ‰ œ b œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ. &

Wo - za'm - fan - a.

bb &b b Œ. bb &b b

œ.

zmm

Oh,

wo - za!

œ œ œ nœ œ Œ .

ma-ma

Œ.

œ.

zmm.

œ œ œ

ma - ma ye.

‰

œ œ

Zm zm

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(ENSEMBLE 1):

bb &b b œ

œ J

Wo - za'm - fan’.

bb &b b Œ.

(ENSEMBLE 2):

bbbb

‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ. . Oh,

œ œ œ

Ma - ma ye

(ENSEMBLE 3):

œ.

zmm

Œ.

wo - za!

Œ.

œ œ œ

ma - ma ye.

Œ.

œ.

zmm.

ENSEMBLE 1, 2:

bbb ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ . œ œ œ ‰ œ b & œ > >

Wo - za'm - fan- a.

Oh, wo - za!

Ma - ma ye!

b ‰ œ & b bb ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ . œ œ œ œ > > ENSEMBLE 3:

Wo - za'm - fan- a.

Oh, wo - za!

œ œ. . b œ œ. b .

Ma - ma ye!

(YOUNG SIMBA, now a headstrong young cub, and MUFASA enter and move through the grass. RAFIKI exits.)

- œ >œ œ œ b & œ œ‰

Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

‰ & b œœ >œ œ œ œ Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

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> œ- œ œ œ œ œ ‰

Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

œ- œ œ œ œ œ ‰ >

Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

> œ œ œ œ œ œ‰ &b

YOUNG SIMBA: Where're we going?

Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

‰ & b œœ >œ œ œ œ Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

> œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ &b

œ œ œ

. œ œ-j. ‰

Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

œ œ œ

j. ‰ . œ œ-

Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

œ- œ >œ œ œ ‰ œ

Bu - sa ngo than - do bo!

‰ & b œœ >œ œ œ œ

- œ >œ œ œ b & œ œ ‰

œ- œ œ œ œ œ ‰ >

YOUNG SIMBA: Why'd we get up so early?

œ œ œ œ œj. ‰ . -

Bu - sa ngo than - do bo!

Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

Bu - sa ngo than - do bo!

Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

‰ &b œ œ œ œ - œ > œ

- œ >œ œ œ b & œ œ‰

Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

‰ & b œœ œ œ œ > œ Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

j. ‰ . œ œ œ œ œ -

œ- œ >œ œ œ ‰ œ

Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

œ- œ œ œ œ œ ‰ >

Bu - sa

li - zwe bo!

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(MUFASA climbs Pride Rock. YOUNG SIMBA follows him up to the summit.)

- œ >œ œ œ b & œ œ‰

(ENSEMBLE 1, 2):

Bu - sa le

(ENSEMBLE 3):

li - zwe bo!

‰ & b œœ œ œ œ > œ Bu - sa le

& b œj. >

‰.

& b œj. >

‰.

& b œJ .

‰.

& b œj.

‰.

li - zwe bo!

œ. J

‰

j œ.

‰

j. œ

‰

hem.

ha.

j œ.

ha.

YOUNG SIMBA: Are we there yet?

œ œ œ

œ œ- . ≈⋲ ≈⋲ œ

œ œ œ

œ œ- . ≈⋲ ≈⋲ œ

Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

œ >œ . R J

‰.

r j œ œ. >

‰.

He um

‰

> œ œ. R J

‰.

r j œ œ. >

‰.

He um

j ‰ œ.

Wow…

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> œ R

hem.

j œ. ‰ œ. hem.

œ. hem.

MUFASA (chuckling) Sit by me. (gazes out over the Pridelands) Look, Simba: Everything the light touches is our kingdom. YOUNG SIMBA

r œ >

MUFASA A king’s time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Simba, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king. And this’ll all be mine? Everything.

YOUNG SIMBA MUFASA

YOUNG SIMBA (in awe) Everything the light touches… (looks off in the distance) What about that shadowy place over there? MUFASA That’s beyond our borders. You must never go there, Simba. YOUNG SIMBA But I thought a king can do whatever he wants. MUFASA Well, there’s a lot more to being king than getting your way all the time. YOUNG SIMBA (pointing in the distance) Dad, what are those birds over there? They’re buzzards.

MUFASA

YOUNG SIMBA They’re scary. Why don’t you chase ‘em away? MUFASA I don’t have to. They’re doing what they’re supposed to do. You see, Simba, everything exists in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all creatures − from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope. YOUNG SIMBA But Dad, don’t we eat the antelope? MUFASA Yes, but when we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. Everything is connected in the great circle of life.

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(ZAZU flaps in.) ZAZU Siiiiiire! Where are you? Siiiiire! (MUFASA and YOUNG SIMBA descend from Pride Rock.) MUFASA

Good morning, Zazu.

ZAZU Sire, there you are. Urgent news!! Hyenas! In the Pridelands! MUFASA

Zazu, take Simba home. Aw, Dad, can’t I come?

YOUNG SIMBA

No, Son.

MUFASA

(MUFASA exits.) YOUNG SIMBA I never get to go anywhere. ZAZU Oh, young Master, one day you will be king. Then you can chase away those slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers from dawn until dusk. (YOUNG SIMBA and ZAZU exit. #5 RETURN TO SCAR’S CAVE.)

SCENE 4: SCAR’S CAVE (SCAR lounges in the shade. YOUNG SIMBA, pumped up by Zazu’s speech, enters.) YOUNG SIMBA Hey, Uncle Scar! Guess what? I’m gonna be king of Pride Rock! SCAR Oh, goodie. Well, forgive me for not leaping for joy. Bad back, you know. YOUNG SIMBA My dad just showed me the whole kingdom! And I’m gonna rule it all!

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SCAR (scheming) Really? He didn’t show you what’s beyond that rise at the northern border, did he? YOUNG SIMBA Well, no. He said I can’t go there. SCAR And he’s absolutely right! It’s far too dangerous. Only the bravest of lions go there. YOUNG SIMBA Well, I’m brave. What’s out there? SCAR I’m sorry, Simba… I just can’t tell you. Why not?

YOUNG SIMBA

SCAR An elephant graveyard is no place for a young prince. An elephant what?

YOUNG SIMBA SCAR

Oops.

YOUNG SIMBA

Whoa!

SCAR Oh dear, I’ve said too much. Well, I suppose you’d have found out sooner or later – you being so clever and all. Just promise me you’ll never visit that dreadful place. No problem, Uncle Scar.

YOUNG SIMBA

SCAR There’s a good lad. You run along now and have fun. And remember: It’s our little secret. (YOUNG SIMBA scampers off. SCAR laughs and exits. #6 OUR LITTLE SECRET.)

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SCENE 5: THE PRIDELANDS

(LIONESSES enter to hunt. RAFIKI enters and watches.)

Lioness Chant

The Lioness Hunt # #LIONESSES: & 44 ‰ œj œ œ œ Ah

hayi

‰ œj

(ya) hayi.

œ œ œ

œ œ

(ya) hayi

Zin - ge - la,

œ œ œ œ œ œ ≈⋲ œ œ œ œ

zin - ge - la, ba - ba. Ah ha hayi

œ œ

(ya) hayi.

zin - ge

œ œ

la, ba -

j‰ ‰ j œ œ œ œ. œ

Zin - ge - la,

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œ œ œ œ œ œ

(ya) hayi (ya) hayi

Zin - ge - la,

ba.

≈⋲ œ

si - yo

ba - ba.

≈⋲

œ œ œ œ œ œ ≈⋲ œ œ œ ≈⋲

si - yo

zin - ge - la, ba - ba. We ba - ba.

si - yo

œ œ œ œ œ œ ≈⋲ œ œ œ ≈⋲

j‰ ‰ j œ œ œ œ. œ

Zi - ngel - la,

si - yo

j ≈⋲ œ œ . œ ‰ ‰ œj œ

We ba - ba.

œ œ œ

(ya) hayi

j ≈⋲ œ œ . œ ‰ ‰ œj œ

We ba - ba.

‰ œj

œ œ

zin - ge - la, ba - ba. Hi ba - ba.

œ œ œ œ œ ≈⋲ œ œ œ

6 8

∑

S'qhu - be - ke - ni si - yo zin - ge - la.

(#7 THE LIONESS HUNT. The LIONESSES hunt and attack a gazelle.)

## 6 j & 8 œ.

## ##

Hem!

j œ.

‰.

j œ.

‰.

Hem!

‰.

j œ.

‰.

j œ.

‰.

Hem!

j ‰. j ‰. œ. œ.

Hem!

j œ.

‰.

Hem!

œ œ œ

(ya) hayi

‰.

j œ.

‰.

j œ.

‰.

Hem!

44 Ó œ œ

(ya) hayi

j‰ ‰ j œ . œ œ œ œ

Zin - ge - la,

j œ.

si - yo

‰ œ

j œ.

‰.

j œ.

‰.

j œ.

‰.

Hem!

j œ œ œ œ

‰ œj

(ya) hayi.

hayi

œ œ

≈⋲

We ba - ba.

œ œ œœ œ œ

zin - ge - la, ba - ba.

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YOUNG SIMBA

Hey, Nala!

YOUNG NALA

Hi, Simba.

YOUNG SIMBA I just heard about this great place. Come on! YOUNG NALA Simba – I’m going hunting with my mother. YOUNG SIMBA This is a place your mother would never go. YOUNG NALA So where is it? Better not be any place lame! No. It’s really cool.

YOUNG SIMBA

LIONESSES So, where is this “really cool” place? SARABI

Simba?

YOUNG SIMBA

Oh... hi, Mom. (lying) It’s... around the waterhole.

YOUNG NALA The waterhole? What’s so great about the waterhole? YOUNG SIMBA (through teeth) I’ll show you when we get there. YOUNG NALA

Ohhhh! (to SARAFINA) Uh, Mom, can I go with Simba?

SARAFINA (checking in with a fellow mother) Sarabi? Pleeeez?

YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA

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It’s all right with me...

SARABI

YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA

Yay!!!

(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA make a break for it as ZAZU flaps in.) SARABI ... as long as Zazu goes with you to the waterhole. (YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA freeze in their tracks, miffed.) No! Not Zazu.

YOUNG SIMBA

(The LIONESSES exit. ZAZU flaps ahead of YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA as they travel.) ZAZU Step lively! The sooner we get to the waterhole, the sooner we can leave! (SIMBA and NALA whisper conspiratorially.) YOUNG NALA So where’re we really goin’? An elephant graveyard.

Wow!

(loudly)

Shhhh! Zazu...

YOUNG SIMBA YOUNG NALA

YOUNG SIMBA

YOUNG NALA Right. So how’re we gonna ditch the dodo? (YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA huddle. ZAZU, thrilled, flies to them.) ZAZU Oh, just look! Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savanna! And one day you two will be married!

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Yuck!/Eewwww!

YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA

YOUNG SIMBA I can’t marry her. She’s my friend. Yeah. It’d be too weird.

YOUNG NALA

ZAZU Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you two turtle doves have no choice. It’s a tradition going back generations. YOUNG SIMBA Well, when I’m king, that’ll be the first thing to go. Not so long as I’m around. In that case, you’re fired.

ZAZU YOUNG SIMBA

ZAZU Nice try. But only the king can do that. Well, he is the future king.

YOUNG NALA

YOUNG SIMBA Yeah! So you have to do what I tell you! ZAZU Not yet, I don’t! And with an attitude like that, I’m afraid you will be a pretty pathetic king, indeed! Not the way I see it!

YOUNG SIMBA

(#8 I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO BE KING. YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA exit and ZAZU freaks out as we enter Young Simba’s imagination.)

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I Just Can't I Just Can't Wait To Be King 08 Wait to Be King 1

####

Spirited Fun!

ENSEMBLE:

∑

Hem!

ZAZU (realizing the cubs are gone) Simba?... Nala? Where are you hiding?! If you don’t come out this instant― This isn’t funny. I’m not laughing. 5

####

∑

Hem!

∑

Hem!

(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA enter in fabulous costumes.)

####

∑

YOUNG SIMBA:

gon - na

Hem!

j œ

I'm

∑

Hem!

j œ œ

‰

j j œ œ œ

migh

j œ œ

king

‰ j œ so

∑

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# # # # (YOUNG SIMBA): j j œ j œ & œ œ œ

j œ œ

e - ne

# # # # (ENSEMBLE): & ˙ Hem!

j ¿ ¿

####

& &

####

j œ œ

j j œ œ œ

gon - na

Hem!

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king of

j ¿ ¿

beasts

with

j ¿ ¿

hair!

‰ j œ

YOUNG SIMBA:

I'm

∑

the

j ¿ ¿

∑

lit - tle

Hem!

####

quite

seen

Hem!

I've

∑

####

Œ ¿

j ¿ ¿

ne - ver

be - ware!

#### j & ¿ ¿

mies

ZAZU:

j j œ œ œ

mane

j œ œ

e - vent

∑

‰ j œ like

####

j œ œ

no king

was

be - fore.

Hem!

j œ œ

brush - ing

∑

j œ œ

j nœ œ

look - ing

j œ œ

down.

∑

j nœ œ

j œ œ

Œ Œ

Hem!

work - ing

far

roar!

ra - ther

‰ œj I'm

ZAZU:

Thus

∑

‰ j œ I'm

Hem!

####

j œ œ

j j œ œ œ

j ¿ ¿

un - in

j ¿ ¿

spir

ing

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# # # # (ZAZU): Œ & ¿

thing.

# # # # ENSEMBLE: œ œ œ & Ha

####

n˙

j œ œ.

Oh,

ha!

œ ‰ Œ œj œ . J

œ œ

just

YOUNG SIMBA:

can't

wait

Ó Ó

to be

king!

ZAZU: You've rather a long way to go, young master, if you think—

####

YOUNG SIMBA, ENSEMBLE 2:

œ œ œ œ

No one say - ing

œ . œj Ó

this.

ZAZU: When I said that I— ENSEMBLE 1: #### Ó & œ œ œ œ YOUNG NALA,

No one say - ing

œ.

j œ œ

œ.

j œ Ó

there.

ZAZU: What I meant was that the—

#### Ó &

YOUNG SIMBA, ENSEMBLE 2:

œ œ œ œ

No one say - ing

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stop

that.

ZAZU: What you don't realize is that sometimes—

####

∑

Ó Ó

j œ . œ ˙ œ œ œ œ

####

∑

day.

n œ œ œj œ .

Free to

do it

∑ ∑

Hem!

all

YOUNG SIMBA:

œ Œ Ó

œ œ

a - round

way!

####

ZAZU: That's deﬁnitely out!

# # # #ENSEMBLE: & w 55

∑

No one say - ing see here!

Free to run

∑

here!

∑

j œ . œ ˙ œ œ œ œ

# # # # ALL: & œ œ œ œ ####

Now see

No one say - ing see here!

j ¿. ¿ ¿ Œ

Œ ¿

ZAZU:

∑

all

Hem!

∑ ∑

w w

j œ œ.

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YOUNG SIMBA, ENSEMBLE 2:

&b Ó

Ev - 'ry - bo - dy

look

jÓ œ . œ œ œ œ œ

YOUNG NALA, ENSEMBLE 1:

&b Ó

YOUNG NALA, ENSEMBLE 1:

look I'm

œ œ

Ev - 'ry - where you

œ . œj ˙

Stand - ing in the spot - light!

œ œ œ

œ . œj ˙

stand - ing in the spot - light!

ALL:

Not

yet! Let

ev - 'ry crea - ture go

œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ

&b Ó &b w

Let

sing.

&b w

sing.

left!

ZAZU:

&b ¿ Œ ¿ œ

œ œ œ

YOUNG SIMBA, ENSEMBLE 2:

j &b œ. œ ˙

j œ Ó

YOUNG SIMBA:

Ev - 'ry - bo - dy look right!

∑

œ.

œ œ œ œ

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œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

ev - 'ry crea - ture go

Œ œ

Let's

for broke

and

œ œ œ œ œ œ

hear it in

the herd

œ œ œ œ œ œ

hear it in

the herd

œ œ œ &b œ œ

and on

the

wing.

&b œ œ œ œ œ and on

the

wing.

&b œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ

&b œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ

&b Ó

b˙

œ œ

gon - na be

j œ œ.

Oh, I

&b w

just

king!

can't

j & b œJ ‰ Œ œ œ . to be

king!

It's

w ﬂing!

ﬂing!

œ ‰ Œ œj œ . J to be

j œ œ.

b˙

œ œ

∑

YOUNG SIMBA:

Oh, he

∑

wait

It's

wait

ALL:

King Sim - ba's ﬁn - est

YOUNG SIMBA:

Œ œ

King Sim - ba's ﬁn - est

gon - na be

just

can't

j œ œ.

Oh, I

∑

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(YOUNG SIMBA):

& b b˙

102

œ œ

just can't

wait

∑

j b Ó & œ œ . www

106

ALL:

to be king!

∑

ALL:

œ œ ww

b˙

Just can't

www

wait

www

∑

(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA escape as the ENSEMBLE exits, leaving ZAZU alone onstage.) ZAZU Simba! Nala! Oh, you’re a royal pain in the tail feathers! (flies into a tree, then exits dizzily) Nimba! Sala!

SCENE 6: THE ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD (YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA enter laughing. This is a creepy place, but they don’t notice.) YOUNG SIMBA All right! We lost him! I am a genius! YOUNG NALA Hey, genius − it was my idea! Yeah, but I pulled it off! Oh yeah?!

YOUNG SIMBA YOUNG NALA

(YOUNG SIMBA playfully leaps for YOUNG NALA and they tussle. She flips him. He lands on his back with a thud and tries to get up, but YOUNG NALA holds him there.)

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YOUNG NALA

Pinned ya!

YOUNG SIMBA

Hey, let me up!

(YOUNG NALA does but then flips YOUNG SIMBA again!) YOUNG NALA

Pinned ya again!

(#9 ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD.) YOUNG SIMBA (finally noticing their surroundings) This is it! We made it! (A pile of huge, terrifying bones comes into view. The CUBS love it!) YOUNG NALA

It’s really creepy. Yeah. Isn’t it great?!

YOUNG SIMBA

YOUNG NALA We could get in big trouble! (ZAZU swoops in.) I know! That’s where I come in. Zazu...

ZAZU

YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA

ZAZU This is waaaay beyond the boundary of the Pridelands. Very dangerous! YOUNG SIMBA Danger? Ha! I walk on the wild side. I laugh in the face of danger. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!!!

HYENA VOICES

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SHENZI Well, well, well, Banzai. What have we got here? BANZAI Hmmm... I don’t know, Shenzi. What do you think, Ed? ED

Hee-hee-hee!

BANZAI Just what I was thinkin’. A trio of trespassers. ZAZU A simple navigational error, let me assure you. We’ll be leaving now. SHENZI

Whoa! Wait... (sniffs) I know you. You’re Mufasa’s little stooge. ZAZU I, madam, am the king’s majordomo! SHENZI Looks more like the king’s major dumbo. (The HYENAS cackle with laughter. BANZAI approaches YOUNG SIMBA.) And that would make you... The future king!

BANZAI

YOUNG SIMBA

SHENZI Do you know what we do to kings who step out of their kingdom? YOUNG SIMBA Huh. You can’t do anything to me! ZAZU Er... technically, they can. We are on their land. YOUNG SIMBA But Zazu, you told me hyenas are nothing but slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers! Slobbering?

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BANZAI

SHENZI

Mangy? And stupid?!?

BANZAI, SHENZI ED

Huh?

ZAZU Oh, my, my, my. Look at the sun. It’s time to go! BANZAI

(grabs ZAZU) Not so fast, food. How about some take out? (grabs YOUNG NALA) Make mine a cub sandwich!

BANZAI

Time to chow down.

SHENZI

Heads or tails?

Yum yum yum yum yum... Simba!

SHENZI

YOUNG NALA

(Trying to protect YOUNG NALA, YOUNG SIMBA musters all his courage and tries to roar.) Rr-rr...

YOUNG SIMBA (All that comes out is a pathetic squeak.)

SHENZI That was it?!? Ah-ha-ha-ha!!! Come on, do it again! (The HYENAS laugh menacingly.) YOUNG SIMBA

Rr-rr… (takes a deep breath, then) Rr-rr!

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(YOUNG SIMBA’s tiny attempt is replaced by a deafening roar as MUFASA enters and pummels the HYENAS.) MUFASA

Roar! Roar!!!

SHENZI, BANZAI (variously) Ow! Hey! Ouch! Stop! Please! Uncle! We’re sorry! MUFASA Silence! If you ever go near my son again— SHENZI Son? Son? That was your son? (laughs nervously, to BANZAI) Did you know that? BANZAI

Me? No! Did you?

SHENZI

No! Of course not!

BANZAI, SHENZI

Ed?

(ED laughs and nods “yes.”) MUFASA

Roar!

(The HYENAS scamper into the shadows, yipping. YOUNG SIMBA steps forward.) Dad, I—

YOUNG SIMBA

MUFASA You deliberately disobeyed me! Dad, I’m... I’m sorry. Let’s go home.

YOUNG SIMBA MUFASA

(MUFASA leads the way, ZAZU flapping behind him. YOUNG SIMBA follows, embarrassed.)

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YOUNG NALA (to YOUNG SIMBA) I thought you were very brave. (SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED emerge, licking their wounds.) BANZAI That lousy Mufasa. I won’t be able to sit for a week! SHENZI If it weren’t for those pushy lions, we’d be running the joint! ED

Hee-hee-hee....

(#10 SCAR ENTERS. SCAR emerges from the shadows with a scrap of carrion.) SCAR Oh, surely we lions are not all that bad. (The HYENAS gasp... until they recognize SCAR and heave sighs of relief.) BANZAI

Oh, Scar. It’s just you.

SHENZI Yeah, we were afraid it was somebody important. Yeah, you know – like Mufasa.

BANZAI

SHENZI Oh, I just hear that name and I shudder. BANZAI Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa... (SHENZI shudders as BANZAI and ED laugh uncontrollably.) I’m surrounded by idiots.

SCAR

BANZAI Hey, did’ja bring us anything to eat, Scar old buddy, old pal? Huh? Did’ja-did’ja-did’ja?

SHENZI, BANZAI

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Be Prepared SCAR

Precisely.

(#11 BE PREPARED. SCAR approaches ED, SHENZI, and BANZAI. During the song, more HYENAS enter.)

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But

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are a mat - ter

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are as

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thick as you are,

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HYENAS:

∑

SCAR:

‰ j œ the

j‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ > > >

hah

hah.

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(SCAR):

& bœ

lights

œ œ œ

are not all

> ‰ œ ˙ J Í Ooo

(HYENAS):

& Œ 27

we're

& Œ

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talk - ing kings

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you

up - stairs.

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hah

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can't be caught

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hah

œ œ

hah

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&œ

pared for

chance of

life

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œ œ

e - ven

hah

un - a - wares!

hah.

>œ >œ >œ ‰ ‰ J ‰

œ œ œ time.

news.

hah

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hah!

pare for the

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am giv - en my

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hah

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œ œ

j œ œ

hah

Œ œ #œ

j & # œ ‰ Œ œœ # œœ œ.

(SCAR):

&œ

dues

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hah

& œ

hah

j œ œ

squared.

Be pre - pared!

hah!

Be pre - pared!

Is he sick?

hah

BANZAI

SCAR No, fool! We are going to kill him. And Simba, too. SHENZI

SHENZI, BANZAI (chanting) No king, no king! La la la la la la! Idiots! There will be a king!

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j j j j œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ. œ. œ. œ.

SCAR

Great idea! Who needs a king?

de - li - cious - ly

BANZAI Yeah! Be prepared. We’ll be prepared! (confused) For what? For the death of the king.

SCAR

hah

12 12

hah

BANZAI

But you said—

SCAR I will be king! Stick with me and you’ll never go hungry again! SHENZI

All right!

BANZAI, SHENZI

Long live the king!

HYENAS

Long live the king!! SCAR, HYENAS:

& Ó

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& ‰ œj Œ

t'ry.

SCAR:

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scam.

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‰

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la.

‰

j œ œ

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te -

have

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j œ œ œ œ œj œ œ

(SCAR):

& œ œ œ œ œj œ

na - ci - ty

span - ning,

(HYENAS):

‰ j œ œ

&œ

food,

de - cades of de - ni

lots

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food!

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j j j œœ ‰ œœ ‰ œœ ‰ . .

am.

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œ œ

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teeth and

hah

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re -

w w

& œ œ œ œ œ œ

king un - dis - put - ed,

œœ

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for the won - der

am - bi - tions are

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j œ &œ ‰ Œ . 74

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rall.

are

œ.

are

pre - pared!

(A cacophony of HYENA laughter as ALL exit. #12 NIGHTFALL.)

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SCENE 7: THE PRIDELANDS (Night has fallen. MUFASA walks ahead of ZAZU, YOUNG NALA, and a dejected YOUNG SIMBA.) MUFASA

Zazu! Yes, sire?

ZAZU

MUFASA Take Nala home. I’ve got to teach my son a lesson. Come, Nala. Simba... Good luck.

ZAZU YOUNG NALA

(ZAZU and YOUNG NALA exit. RAFIKI enters and watches from a distance.) MUFASA Simba, I’m very disappointed in you. I know.

YOUNG SIMBA

MUFASA I told you not to go there. You and Nala could have been killed! YOUNG SIMBA I was just trying to be brave, like you. MUFASA I’m only brave when I have to be. YOUNG SIMBA But you’re not scared of anything. I was today. You were?

MUFASA YOUNG SIMBA

MUFASA Yes. I thought I might lose you.

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YOUNG SIMBA Oh. I guess even kings get scared, huh? (confiding) But you know what? MUFASA

What?

YOUNG SIMBA I bet those hyenas were even scareder! MUFASA That’s ‘cause nobody messes with your dad! C’mere, you! (MUFASA and YOUNG SIMBA tussle playfully. #13 THEY LIVE IN YOU.) YOUNG SIMBA

Dad?

MUFASA

What?

YOUNG SIMBA

We’re pals, right?

MUFASA

Right.

YOUNG SIMBA And we’ll always be together. Right?

They Live In You

THEY LIVE IN YOU 1

# 4 & 4 &

ENSEMBLE:

œ >

I - ngo-nya

œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ > > >

ne - ngwe 'na - ma - ba

œ œ. œ >

la.

œ.

Œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ > > I - ngo - nya - ma

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# (ENSEMBLE): & œ œ œ > > ne - ngwe

‰ œj œ

ENSEMBLE:

& 15

& &

# # # # #

œ.

call - ing,

∑

la.

∑

i - yo.

∑

j ‰ œ. . œ. >œ œ.

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i - yo.

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a child

Œ Œ

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œ œ

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ Œ

j œ ‰ Œ

‰ jœ œ œ

ma - me - la.

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of life

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with the fear of

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∑

ma - me - la.

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# #

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j Œ ‰ œ œ. . œ. > œ.

i - yo.

MUFASA Simba, let me tell you something my father told me. Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars. 29

& &

# MUFASA: œ Œ # #

Œ œ

Wait,

ENSEMBLE:

Wait, 3

wait,

wait...

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words and have faith.

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too great.

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there's no

moun - tain

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œ œœ œ Œ

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∑

oh,

j ‰ œ œ. . œ. > œ. Œ

Oh oh i - yo.

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# Ó &

(MUFASA):

‰

j œ œ

have faith.

MUFASA So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you. And so will I. 1: # ENSEMBLE j j & ‰ œ œj ‰ œ œ œ . œ œ ‰ œ œj ‰ œ œ œ . œ œ > . > > . > . > > .

& 43

& & &

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∑

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hem ma - me - la.

> ‰ œ œj ‰ œ œ œ . œ œ J . > > .

ENSEMBLE 2:

∑

MUFASA:

‰ œ œ œ œ J

They live in you.

j j‰ Ó ‰ œj œj ‰ œ ‰ . œ œ œ > . > œ > œ. > œ. He - la,

hem ma - me - la.

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hem ma - me - la.

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> j > j . ‰œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰œ œ ‰ Ó J . > J . > .

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∑

MUFASA:

‰ œ œ œ œ J

They live in me.

# ENSEMBLE: j j‰ j j‰ Ó ‰ ‰ . & œ œ œ œ > œ. >œ œ > œ > œ. 47

& &

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∑

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ev - 'ry thing we see.

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hem ma - me - la.

He - la.

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(MUFASA):

œ œ Œ

ture,

œ œ œ

ev - 'ry star,

# (ENSEMBLE): j j‰ j j‰ Ó ‰ ‰ . & œ œ œ œ > œ. >œ œ > œ > œ. He - la, hem ma - me - la. He - la. 55 # ∑ Œ œ œ œ œ œ & & 57

in your

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# # #

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j œ œ.

tion,

hem ma - me - la.

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‰ œj œ

they live

œ œ

in you.

(YOUNG SIMBA hugs MUFASA as they exit. RAFIKI exits in the other direction.) ENSEMBLE:

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ > > .

ne - ngwe 'na - ma - ba

Œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ > >

œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ > > >

I - ngo-nya - ma

I - ngo - nya - ma

(vocal dim. to end)

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ > > . I - ngo-nya - ma

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œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ > > >

ne - ngwe 'na - ma - ba

la.

œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ > > >

ne - ngwe 'na - ma - ba

la.

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∑

ne - ngwe 'na - ma - ba - la.

SCENE 8: THE GORGE (#14 INTO THE GORGE. Daytime. YOUNG SIMBA enters behind SCAR.) YOUNG SIMBA Where’re we going, Uncle Scar? SCAR Your father has a marvelous surprise for you in the gorge. What is it?

YOUNG SIMBA

SCAR If I told you, it wouldn’t be a surprise now, would it? Come on, Uncle Scar...

YOUNG SIMBA

SCAR No, no, no. This is just for you and your dad. You know, a sort of father-son... thing. Now, you sit here. I’ll go get him. I’ll go with you!

YOUNG SIMBA SCAR

No!

(sweetly) No, no. Just stay on this ledge. You wouldn’t want to end up in another mess like you did with those hyenas. You know about that?

YOUNG SIMBA

SCAR Simba − everyone knows about that. Really?!?

YOUNG SIMBA

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SCAR Mmm-hmm. Lucky “Daddy” was there to save you. So you might want to work on that little roar of yours. YOUNG SIMBA Oh… okay… Hey, Uncle Scar − will I like the surprise? Simba, it’s to die for.

SCAR

(SCAR exits.) YOUNG SIMBA “Little roar.” Huh. Rrrr... RRrr... RRRr... (SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED enter further away and survey the situation.) BANZAI Look at all those wildebeest! I’m so hungry. I gotta have one! No! Not yet.

SHENZI

BANZAI Can’t I just pick off one of the little sick ones? SHENZI You know the plan. We wait for the signal from Scar. (noticing SCAR offstage) There he is! Let’s go. (The HYENAS slink away. YOUNG SIMBA continues to practice.) Rrroarr! (louder) Rrroarrrrrrrr!

YOUNG SIMBA

(#15 THE STAMPEDE. YOUNG SIMBA’s roar echoes off the canyon walls. He hears a rumbling – the thundering of hundreds of wildebeest hooves.)

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THE STAMPEDE 1

ENSEMBLE:

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# 4 ˙. & 4

˙.

# ˙. &

¿ p

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hoo

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(WILDEBEEST enter the gorge, running directly toward YOUNG SIMBA. He runs for his life.) 11

& &

A Hard Groove

# # #

ENSEMBLE 1:

Ó Œ ‰ nœ œ 3

Yo - na

ENSEMBLE 2:

3 3

nœ œ œ œ

yo - na yo - na! 3

nœ œ œ œ

yo - na yo - na!

Ó Œ ‰ nœ œ 3

Yo - na

‰ œ œ nœ œ œ œ

‰ œ œ

‰ œ œ nœ œ œ œ

‰ œ œ

Yo - na 3

Yo - na

yo - na yo - na! 3

yo - na yo - na!

Yo - na 3

Yo - na

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& &

(ENSEMBLE 1):

nœ œ œ œ œ œ

# # # # #

yo - na

œ œ œ nœ

yo - na yo - na! 3

nœ œ œ œ

yo - na yo - na!

‰ œ œ

‰ œ œ nœ œ œ œ

‰ œ œ

Yo - na

yo - na yo - na!

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Yo - na

yo - na yo - na! 3

œ œ œ œ

yo - na

yo - na!

Yo - na

n œ œ œ œj ‰ Œ

yo - na

œ ¿portamento ¿ ¿ ¿

yo!

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Yo - na

nœ œ œ œ œ œ

# œ &

‰ œ œ

yo - na

Yo - na

œ œ œ nœ

œ œ œ bœ œ œ

yo - na

yo - na!

yo - na

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yo - na yo - na yo - na 3

yo - na!

n œ œ œ œj ‰ ‰ œ œ

nœ œ œ œ œ œ

nœ œ œ œ

yo - na yo - na yo - na

(ENSEMBLE 2):

‰ œ œ 3

yo - na!

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ 3

œ ¿ portamento ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ 3

yo!

# œ ¿portamento ¿ ¿ ¿ Yo!

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ 3

portamento # œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ & 3

Yo!

# 2 & 4

∑

4 4

¿ J ‰ 24

·.

wah!

·.

wah!

¿ J ‰ 24

3 2

(Above the gorge, ZAZU and MUFASA enter and hear the sound of the stampede.) ZAZU Oh, look, sire! The herd is on the move. MUFASA

That’s odd... (SCAR emerges.)

SCAR Mufasa! Quick! Stampede! In the gorge! Simba’s down there! MUFASA Simba? (leaps into the gorge and battles his way through the WILDEBEEST to get to YOUNG SIMBA) Simba!

# 3 & 2 #œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ

#œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ

2: # ENSEMBLE 3 & 2 #œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ

#œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ

ENSEMBLE 1:

Yo - na yo - na yo - na!

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(Battered by the stream of WILDEBEEST, MUFASA manages to get to YOUNG SIMBA and place him out of harm’s way before getting knocked back into the flow.)

# (ENSEMBLE 1): & #œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ

Yo - na yo - na yo - na!

# (ENSEMBLE 2): & #œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ &

# C

Yo - na yo - na yo - na!

# #˙ &

‹˙

œ #œ œ œ œ œ

Yo - na yo - na yo - na!

#˙

#œ Œ

#˙ .

#˙

#œ Œ

#˙ .

#œ

Œ œ œ Œ# œ Œ #˙

∑

Œ œ œ Œ# œ Œ #˙

∑

ba - ba

wam.

(Out of YOUNG SIMBA’s view, MUFASA makes a valiant leap up to a ledge and digs in his claws. SCAR enters and looks down at MUFASA, who clings for his life.) MUFASA MUFASA: Scar! Brother - help me! Scar! Brother − help me! 46 SCAR: Long live the King.

# 3 ∑ forelegs.) & (SCAR 4 digs his claws into MUFASA’s

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SCAR

(whispers) Long live the king.

(SCAR releases his grip. MUFASA falls, disappearing beneath the river of WILDEBEEST.) MUFASA

Aaaaaaah!

(The gorge is now empty of WILDEBEEST. YOUNG SIMBA runs in and searches for his father.) YOUNG SIMBA

Dad!

(Dust clears, revealing Mufasa’s royal symbol on the ground.) Dad.

(rushes to the royal symbol and tries to be playful) Dad...? Come on. Dad. (panic at no response) Come on, Dad. You gotta get up. Please. Help! Somebody! Anybody? Please! Help me! (YOUNG SIMBA starts to sob and lies down beside the royal symbol. SCAR enters.) Simba. What have you done?

SCAR

YOUNG SIMBA There were wildebeest... And he tried to save me... It was an accident. I didn’t mean for— SCAR Of course. Of course you didn’t. No one ever means for these things to happen. But the king is dead. And if it weren’t for you, he’d still be alive. Oh, what will your mother think? (guilty panic) What am I gonna do?

YOUNG SIMBA

SCAR Run! Run away, Simba. Run away and never return. (YOUNG SIMBA looks one last time at the royal symbol, then runs off. SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED enter.) MTI’s Broadway Junior Collection® Actor’s Script • broadwayjr.com

Kill him.

(SCAR)

(SCAR exits. The HYENAS look out in the distance toward YOUNG SIMBA.) Hey! There he goes! So go get him.

SHENZI BANZAI

SHENZI I ain’t going out there. You go out there! I ain’t going out there! Ed?

BANZAI ED

Hah!

BANZAI Yeah... he’s as good as dead out there, anyway. SHENZI And if he comes back, we’ll kill him. BANZAI

Right... (yelling to YOUNG SIMBA in the distance) You hear that? If you ever come back – she’ll kill you! SHENZI What Scar don’t know won’t hurt him. (The HYENAS exit. #16 THE MOURNING. RAFIKI appears. The LIONESSES enter to mourn the loss of their king. During the following, SARABI mourns her lost child and mate and YOUNG NALA mourns her friend. RAFIKI attempts to comfort them.)

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TheMourning Mourning The 1

Slow And Filled With Sorrow

& b 44

SARABI, NALA:

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ > > . > >

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

ha.

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ > > . > >

œ.

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

œ.

ha.

SARABI, NALA, RAFIKI:

œ œ œ >œ œ œ œ œ œ >œ œ œ œ. > >

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

œ. ha.

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . > > > >

œ. ha.

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

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RAFIKI, LIONESSES:

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ > > . > >

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

ha.

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿

& b ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰

(LIONESSES: optional unpitched chant)

Huh,

huh,

huh.

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ > > . > >

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

œœ.

ha.

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿

& b ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰ Huh,

huh,

œœ.

huh,

huh.

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ . > > > >

œœ . ha.

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

& b ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰ Huh,

huh,

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ huh,

huh,

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ . œ. > > > > Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha, ha.

& b ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰ Huh,

huh,

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ huh,

huh,

huh.

10 10

huh, huh.

(SCAR enters, picks up the royal symbol and ascends Pride Rock with SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED at his side. HYENAS enter and surround Pride Rock and the mourning LIONESSES.)

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SCAR Mufasa’s death is a terrible tragedy. But to lose Simba, too…? For me, it is a deep, personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era − in which lion and hyena come together in a great and glorious future! (A cacophony of HYENA laughter as SCAR exits.)

(LIONESSES: optional unpitched chant)

≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿

‰

≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿

‰

Huh,

huh,

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ huh,

huh,

huh.

huh,

huh.

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ > > . > >

œœ.

Huh,

huh,

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿

LIONESSES 1:

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

&b Œ &b

HYENAS:

‰

LIONESSES 2:

¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰

Huh,

huh,

j œ

Hem!

ha.

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ huh,

huh,

huh.

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ > > . > >

œœ.

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

&b Œ &b

‰

¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰

Huh,

huh,

j œ

Hem!

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ huh,

ha.

huh,

huh.

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(LIONESSES 1):

& b œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ > œ œ œ > œ. > >

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

(HYENAS):

&b Œ &b

‰

(LIONESSES 2):

¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰

Huh,

huh,

j œ

Hem!

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ huh,

huh,

& b œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ > œ œ œ > œ. > >

Ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha - me - la, ha,

&b Œ &b

‰

¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ‰

Huh,

huh,

j œ

Hem!

œœ . ha.

huh.

œœ . ha.

r r ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ ≈⋲ ≈⋲ ¿ huh,

huh,

huh.

(The LIONESSES and HYENAS exit, followed by RAFIKI.)

SCENE 9: THE DESERT & THE JUNGLE (#17 INTO THE DESERT. YOUNG SIMBA enters and collapses on the ground. Buzzards circle and swoop down to dine on the cub when:) TIMON, PUMBAA (offstage, war-whooping) Eeeee-yaaaaa! (PUMBAA and TIMON enter and charge at the birds, which scatter.)

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TIMON Get out! Get out! Get out of here! PUMBAA I love this! Bowlin’ for buzzards! (sniffs YOUNG SIMBA) Uh-oh. Hey, Timon, ya better come look. I think it’s still alive. TIMON All righty... what have we got here? (realizing) Yikes, it’s a lion! Run, Pumbaa! Move it! PUMBAA Aw, Timon – look at him. He’s so cute and all alone. Can we keep him? TIMON Pumbaa, are you nuts? You’re talking about a lion! Lions eat guys like us! PUMBAA

But he’s so little.

TIMON

He’s gonna get bigger! Maybe he’ll be on our side!

PUMBAA

TIMON That’s the stupidest thing I ever heard. (light bulb) Hey! I’ve got it! What if he’s on our side? Ya know, havin’ a lion around might not be such a bad idea! (gently pats YOUNG SIMBA) You okay, kid? YOUNG SIMBA (disoriented, getting up) I... guess so. (A dejected YOUNG SIMBA starts to leave.) Hey, where ya goin’? Nowhere.

TIMON YOUNG SIMBA

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Gee. He looks blue. I’d say brownish-gold.

TIMON PUMBAA

TIMON No, no, no. I mean he’s depressed. Oh.

PUMBAA

(to YOUNG SIMBA) So what’s eatin’ ya? TIMON Nothin’! He’s at the top of the food chain. Ha-ha-ha... (no response) So! Where ya from? YOUNG SIMBA Doesn’t matter. I can’t go back. TIMON Ah, you’re an outcast! That’s great! So’re we! Whad’ja do, kid?

PUMBAA

YOUNG SIMBA Something terrible. But I don’t want to talk about it. Anything we can do?

PUMBAA

YOUNG SIMBA Not unless you can change the past. PUMBAA Ya know, in times like this, my buddy Timon here says: You gotta put your behind in your past. TIMON No, no, no! It’s: You gotta put your past behind you. Oh.

PUMBAA

TIMON Look, kid, bad things happen, and you can’t do anything about it. Right?

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YOUNG SIMBA

Right.

TIMON Wrong! When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world. Repeat after me: Hakuna matata. YOUNG SIMBA

What?

PUMBAA

Ha-ku-na ma-ta-ta. (explaining) It means “no worries.”

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& C Ó & &

# # #

TIMON:

‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ J

Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta,

Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 3

what a won - der - ful

∑

¿ ¿ Ó

ta - ta,

¿ ¿ Œ

∑

phrase!

PUMBAA:

∑

Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

Ha - ku - na ma -

œ œ bœ œ œ

ain't no pass - ing

# TIMON: j Œ ‰ œ # œ &

It means

A Tempo

craze!

œ œ œ

wor - ries

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œ œ œœœ œ

for the rest of your days.

j œœ ˙˙

# œ & œ œœ J

pro - blem free

˙.

œœ Œ Œ œœ

œœ œœ

BOTH:

It's our

œœ œœ œœ ˙˙

phi - los - o - phy:

jbœ # TIMON: Œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ &

∑

Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta.

YOUNG SIMBA

Hakuna matata?

PUMBAA

Yeah. It’s our motto!

YOUNG SIMBA

What’s a motto?

TIMON Nothin’! What’s-a-motto with you?! (The desert transforms into a verdant, lush jungle.) PUMBAA Hakuna matata: These two words will solve all your problems. TIMON That’s right. Take Pumbaa here... 28

& &

# #

TIMON:

Why, when

∑

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nœ œ œ œ

rit.

he was a young wart - hog.

∑

PUMBAA: operatically

Œ œ

When

# nœ I

œ œ was

# TIMON: & ¿ ¿ ¿

a young

wart

& 34

& &

Ve - ry

nice.

PUMBAA:

# # #

nœ

found

nœ

his

cer - tain

‰

peal.

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

clear the sa - van - na

af - ter

∑

# ¿ ¿ ¿ &

sen - si - tive

soul,

‰ ‰

hog!

Thanks.

A Tempo

˙.

œ œ

lacked

could

œ œ œ

ev - 'ry meal!

Ó Œ

j œ

œ œ œ

PUMBAA:

though I seem

¿ ¿

I'm a

thick -

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(PUMBAA):

skinned.

¿ ¿

And it

hurt

friends

˙ ¿

rall.

ne - ver stood

down

And,

# TIMON: ¿ ¿ ¿ & Ó 3

oh,

# ENSEMBLE: & ww

˙˙ ..

(PUMBAA):

shame!

that my

wind!

the

Ó ¿

¿ ¿

Thought of chang - in'

(Pumbaa’s aroma causes plants to wilt.)

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¿ ¿

He was a - shamed!

Ah!

& & &

# # #

Œ ¿

name!

¿ ¿

Oh, what's

œ œ œ

j œ œ.

heart - ed,

¿ ¿

How did you feel?

got

down

Œ Ó

Œ ¿ ¿ ¿

¿ ¿

ev - ry time that I...

n ww

And I

¿ Œ

Ah!

˙˙ ..

Ah!

name?

¿ Œ

Pum - baa,

¿ ¿

not

¿ ¿ ¿

in front of the

PUMBAA: Oh. Sorry.

¿ ¿ Œ Ó

pa - rents!

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# Œ &

ALL:

‰

# #

j œ œ.

ta - ta,

phrase!

j œ œ.

j œ

ma 3

‰ œj b œ

œ œ

won - der - ful

Ha - ku

ain't

œ œ œ bœ

what a

Œ Ó

ta - ta,

bœ

na ma -

œ œ œ

pass - ing

(As the plants recuperate, more green descends − they are now deep in the jungle. YOUNG SIMBA joins in the song... his first step toward accepting their lifestyle.)

craze.

# œ

wor - ries

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‰ œ œ J

YOUNG SIMBA:

œ for

It means

œ œ œ œ

the

rest

of your days!

j œœ œ œ

# #

TIMON: Sing it, kid!

pro - blem

œœ

j œœ ˙˙ Œ

los - o - phy:

œœ

# œ . & œ œœ . ˙˙ J

œœ

It's

our

˙˙

free

œœ œœ ˙˙

ALL:

‰ œœ b œœ J

œœ

phi -

œœ œœ

Ha - ku - na ma -

ta - ta!

# to our humble abode! Welcome 2 & PUMBAA TIMON

Gee, I’m starved!

YOUNG SIMBA I’m so hungry, I could eat a whole zebra! Uh... we’re fresh out of zebra. Any antelope?

TIMON

YOUNG SIMBA TIMON

No. Hippo?

YOUNG SIMBA

TIMON Nuh-uh. Listen kid, if you’re gonna live with us, you gotta eat like us. Hey! This looks like a good spot to rustle up some grub. MTI’s Broadway Junior Collection® Actor’s Script • broadwayjr.com

(TIMON picks up a big grub.) YOUNG SIMBA

Ew. What’s that?

A grub. What’s it look like?

TIMON

YOUNG SIMBA

Ew. Gross.

(TIMON pops the grub in his mouth. YOUNG SIMBA is disgusted.) TIMON

Tastes like chicken.

PUMBAA

(slurps a big worm) Slimy, yet satisfying.

TIMON I’m tellin’ ya, kid – this is the great life. No rules, no responsibilities... And best of all, no worries! (offers a bug to the reluctant cub) Well, kid? Enjoy. YOUNG SIMBA (thinks a moment, then taking the plump grub, eating it and reacting) Okay, here goes... Hakuna matata… Slimy, yet satisfying! TIMON Hakuna Matata ~ Part 2 That’s it!

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& & &

# C # #

TIMON, PUMBAA, YOUNG SIMBA:

‰ ¿j

Ha -

j j j j ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

∑

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Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha -

‰ ¿j

ENSEMBLE 1:

Ha -

& & &

# # # # # #

TIMON, PUMBAA:

j j j j ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha -

j j j j ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

∑

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha -

‰ ¿j

ENSEMBLE 2:

Ha -

(YOUNG SIMBA exits.)

j j j j ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha -

j j j j ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha -

j j j j ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha -

(Time passes. An older SIMBA enters.)

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SIMBA: # (TIMON, PUMBAA): j j #œ & ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ œJ

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na!

It means

# (ENSEMBLE 1):j & ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿j ¿ ¿ Œ ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na!

# œ œ. ˙ & J

ma - ta - ta.

wor - ries

# Ó ALL: œœ œœ &

It's our

# œœ &

œœ œœ ˙˙

j œœ ˙˙

œœ œœ J

∑

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˙˙

Œ œœ

‰ œj b b œœ

œœ œ œ

pro - blem free

TIMON, PUMBAA, ENSEMBLE 1:

los - o - phy:

for the rest of your days!

Ha - ku - na!

œ œ œœ œ œ

# (ENSEMBLE 2): j & ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿j ¿ ¿ Œ ku - na

phi -

Ha - ku - na

ma -

SIMBA, ENSEMBLE 2:

‰ ¿j

Ha -

# nœ œ ˙ . & œ œ ˙.

ta - ta!

Ha - ku - na ma -

# b œœ œ ˙ . œ ˙. &

ma - ta - ta.

‰ œj b b œœ

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

‰ œj b œœ

ta - ta!

Ha -

œœ n œœ

Ha - ku - na ma -

j j j j ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

# b œœ œ ˙ . œ ˙. &

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha -

∑

œœ œ œ

j j j j ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿

# nœ œ ˙ . & œ œ ˙.

Ha -

Ha - ku - na ma -

ma - ta - ta.

ta - ta!

ku - na

Ha - ku - na

œœ n œœ

j j j j ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

ku - na

j ‰ œ b œœ

ta - ta!

j j j ‰ ‰ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ

ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

Ha - ku - na

ma - ta - ta.

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& &

(TIMON, PUMBAA, ENSEMBLE 1):

j ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ

We say

"ha - ku - na"!

(SIMBA, ENSEMBLE 2):

# # #

∑ ¿ ¿ Œ

ku - na!

Ha - ku - na!

Ma ta - ta!

# ALL:œ œœ œ & Œ œ œ

Ha - ku - na

"ma - ta - ta"!

‰ ¿j ¿ ¿ Œ

Ha -

j ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ

We say

‰ ¿j

‰ ¿j ¿ ¿ Œ

Ó # œœ # œœ

ma - ta...

Ma ta - ta!

∑

Œ œ

ta!

(PUMBAA, TIMON, and SIMBA exit.)

SCENE 10: SCAR’S CAVE (#20 KING SCAR. SCAR reclines, gnawing on a bone. A bedraggled ZAZU perches nearby and sings pathetically.) ZAZU (as a blues singer) NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN NOBODY KNOWS MY SORROW— SCAR Oh, Zazu − do lighten up. Sing something with a little bounce in it!

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ZAZU (with cheery gusto) IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL! IT’S A SMA— SCAR No! No! No! Anything but that! (sighs deeply) Oh, Zazu... here I am at the pinnacle... yet the view is bleak. What is wrong with this picture? ZAZU

You’re in it, sire.

(SCARS scowls. SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED enter.) BANZAI

Hey, boss!

SCAR

Oh, what is it?

BANZAI We got a bone to pick with you. There’s no food, no water―

SHENZI

BANZAI Yeah. It’s dinner time, and there ain’t no stinkin’ entrees! (indicates empty stomach) Uuuuuhhhhhh….

SCAR

Are you blaming me?!? Oh no, it’s the lionesses!

BANZAI, SHENZI

(An older NALA enters.) Scar.

NALA

SCAR Ah, Nala... your timing couldn’t be more perfect. My, how you’ve grown…

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(SCAR becomes distracted and doesn’t listen to what NALA is saying.) NALA Scar, you have to do something. We’re being forced to overhunt. SCAR You’ve just given me a brilliant idea. NALA You’re the king. Control the hyenas. The solution to my despair...

SCAR

NALA (stares resentfully at SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED) They’re destroying the Pridelands. ... is an heir!

SCAR

NALA If we stop now, there’s a chance for things to be all right again— Are you listening to me? It’s time this king had a queen.

SCAR

(SCAR takes NALA’s paw.) NALA What are you talking about? Get away from me! (NALA scratches SCAR and backs away.) SCAR (puts a paw to the wound and responds in his sweet, threatening way) Oh, Nala... you know how I loathe violence... But one way or another, you will be mine! Never, Scar. Never!

NALA

(NALA runs out, followed by the HYENAS. Trying to calm his nerves, SCAR takes a deep breath.) SCAR Nobody loved me. Not even as a cub. Ah, there’s the rub... What did my brother have that I don’t have?

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ZAZU Do you want the short list or the long? (SCAR growls and exits, followed by ZAZU.)

SCENE 11: THE PRIDELANDS (#21 SHADOWLAND. Forced to leave, NALA bids farewell to the LIONESSES.)

Shadowland

Shadowland 1

Emotionally

& 44

LIONESSES:

Fa - tshe

& œ .. œj œ œ œ œ

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ . . .

le - a

& œ. œ.

j œœ ˙˙

œœ ..

& Ó

NALA:

& ˙˙ ..

Œ œ

j Œ œœ .. œœ œœ

Fa - tshe

j Œ œœ œœ

œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙

ha - la - le - la.

Sha - dow - land,

j œ. œ ˙

fal - len.

le - so

ha - la - le - la.

le - so

j Œ œ œœ .. œ œœ

Œ j œœ .. œœ œœ

‰ j œ œ

the leaves have

∑

‰ j œ œ œ This

sha - dowed land,

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(NALA):

& Ó

‰ j œ œ œ

this was our home.

‰ j œ œ

dry,

‰ j œ œ œ

& ‰ œj œ œ . ˙

& . j j‰ œ œ œ œ œ lead me,

& . œ

‰ j œ œ

here,

‰ j œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ #œ ∑

‰ j j œ. œ œ œ

ber my

LIONESSES:

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guide.

‰

fa - mi - ly,

pride.

œœ ..

may

œœœ œ œœœ ‰ j œ œ œ

I can - not

j œ œ œ

but I'll

re -

∑

j Œ œœ œœ

j Œ . œœ . œœ œœ

Pride - land,

‰œ œœ now I

let your prayers be my

j œ œ

stay

ken.

And where the jour - ney

mem

must go.

So I must go,

œ. œ œ œ ˙

the ground has bro

The riv - er's

land,

& œœ ..

j œœ œœ Œ

& œœ ..

j Œ œœ œœ

j œœ ˙˙

œœ ..

tear - stained,

dry

with

fa - tshe

& œ.

jour

ney

jour

ney

& œ .. œ

& ‰ Jœ œ œ . &˙ prayer

‰

œ J

this

œ œœ œœ

be your

j Œ œœ œœ

j œ œ

œ œ

And where

j œ œ

œ.

this

j œ

may lead

me,

may lead

you,

j œœ œœ

le - so.

LIONESSES, RAFIKI:

j œ œ. ‰ œ œ.

let

‰

‰ œ J

j œ œ œ œ

œœ ..

NALA:

Ó œ œ J

Take

j Œ œœ œœ

land.

œœ ..

you,

œœ ..

the

œ œ

the

j j œ œ ‰ œ œœ œ œ œ

let this

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3

prayer be my guide.

˙ ˙

guide.

‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ

Though it may

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(NALA):

& ‰ œJ

œ œ œ œ œ œ. Œ

œ œœœ

Though it may take me so

j œ œ œ œ

(LIONESSES):

& œ .. œ

take

you

œ. œ œ œ J

& Œ

I'll

& ˙ ˙

mem

œ œ

far a - way,

j ‰ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œœ œ so

re-mem - ber

‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ

far a - way,

j 2 œ 4 œ

al - ways re -

pride.

24 ‰ œj œ œ œ

œ #œ œ #œ

ber your...

œ œ

And where the

(RAFIKI enters. As NALA begins her journey, RAFIKI blesses her.)

œ œ œ œ j‰ 4 ‰ œœ &4 J

‰ œ

Ngi - zo bu - ya - bo.

4 & 4 œ .. œ

jour - ney

& ‰ œJ œ œ œ œ œ œ

I will re - turn, I

&˙ prayer

œ œœ œœ

may lead

j j œ œ ‰ œ œœ œ œ œ

you,

let this

œ œ œœœ ‰ œ œœ œ ˙ ˙

will re - turn.

be your guide.

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Ngi - zo bu-ya - bo.

j œ œ. ‰ œ œ.

j œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œj ‰ J

Be - so bo.

‰ œj œ œ œ

Though it

œ œ

may

j œ œ œj ‰ ‰ ‰ œ & œ

Ngi - zo bu - ya - bo,

& œ .. œ

take

& Œ

& ˙ ˙

you

‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ

al - ways re -

œ œœœ

œ œ #œ œ œ #œ

‰

will re - turn.

far a - way,

œ œ œ œ

Ngi

mem

j œ œ œœ œ ‰ œ œ œœ œ

j œ œ œ œ

j œ œ œ œ œ.

bu - ya - bo.

w w

ber your

pride.

(The LIONESSES disperse.)

Oh,

& œ

‰

œ œ œ œ œ.

ngi - zo

bu - ya - bo.

j œ. œ ˙

‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ

Be - so bo,

my peo - ple.

Be - so

bo.

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SCENE 12: THE JUNGLE (#22 PLAYING AND POUNCING. PUMBAA and TIMON enter. SIMBA playfully stalks then pounces on TIMON.) TIMON Ahh! Ya big hairball! What is it with you lately? All this stalking and pouncing! PUMBAA Aw, Timon. Ease up on the kid. He can’t help himself. He’s got all that “youthful energy”… if you catch my drift. TIMON I’m always catching your drift, Pumbaa. Whew! (to SIMBA) And you! Relax, will ya! It’s time to bed down. PUMBAA Yeah! We’re in the jungle – the mighty jungle. So, lion, sleep tonight! SIMBA (restless) No… Sorry, guys. We gotta move on. Something’s not right here. TIMON I’ll tell ya’ what’s not right! Us traipsing around this jungle night after night in search of the “perfect spot!” If it’s all the same to you, we’re gonna stay. Right, Pumbaa? Huh? Oh. Right! Okay, then. Fine!

PUMBAA SIMBA

(SIMBA pouts and tries to make himself comfortable in this place. Fireflies drift through the thick jungle air. TIMON, PUMBAA, and SIMBA lie on their backs and look up at the twinkling stars. They are silent for a moment. Then out of the blue:) Timon? Yeah?

PUMBAA TIMON

PUMBAA Ever wonder what those sparkly dots up there are?

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(#23 UNDER THE STARS.) TIMON Pumbaa, I don’t wonder. I know. Oh. What are they?

PUMBAA

TIMON They’re fireflies. Fireflies that got stuck up on that big bluish black thing. PUMBAA Oh, gee... I always thought they were balls of gas, burning billions of miles away. TIMON Pumbaa, with you everything’s gas. Simba, what do you think?

PUMBAA

SIMBA Well... I always thought– I mean – Never mind. Aw, c’mon. We told you ours.

PUMBAA

SIMBA Well... somebody once told me the great kings of the past are up there… watching over us. Really?

PUMBAA

TIMON (laughing it off) Who told ya something like that? (laughing sheepishly) Pretty dumb, huh? Aw, you’re killin’ me!

SIMBA

TIMON

(TIMON and PUMBAA keep laughing. SIMBA gets up and wanders off.) Was it something I said? MTI’s Broadway Junior Collection® Actor’s Script • broadwayjr.com

(PUMBAA and TIMON hear loud jungle night sounds.) (TIMON)

You hear that?

PUMBAA

What?

(TIMON and PUMBAA stand, move closer together and quiver with fear.) TIMON C-c-c-carnivore sounds! Ya know, I bet Simba isn’t too safe out there. PUMBAA

We better go protect him.

TIMON

Yeah. Yeah! Simba! Wait up!

TIMON, PUMBAA

(TIMON and PUMBAA exit. #24 SHE’S GONNA EAT ME. PUMBAA and TIMON run back on, pursued by NALA.) She’s gonna eeeeeeat meeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! (SIMBA enters from the other direction and intercepts NALA. They tussle.) TIMON Don’t worry, buddy. I’m here for you. Everything’s gonna be okay. Get her! Bite her head! (NALA pins SIMBA to the ground – the way she did when they were cubs. SIMBA recognizes her.) Nala? Is it really you?

SIMBA

NALA (standing up and backing away) Who are you? It’s me – Simba.

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SIMBA

Simba...? Simba! What are you doing here?

NALA SIMBA

NALA What do you mean what am I doing here? What are you doing here? Hey!!! What’s goin’ on here?!?

TIMON

SIMBA Timon, this is Nala. She’s my friend. Friend? Yeah. Nala, this is Pumbaa.

TIMON SIMBA

PUMBAA Pleased to make your acquaintance! The pleasure’s all mine.

NALA

TIMON Whoa, whoa, whoa! Time out! Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat us. And everybody’s okay with this?!? Relax, Timon!

SIMBA

NALA I can’t believe this! Everybody thinks you’re dead. They do?

SIMBA

NALA Yes. Scar told us about the stampede. SIMBA He did? What else did he tell you? NALA What else matters? You’re alive! And that means... you’re the king!

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(NALA bows in reverence. SIMBA is taken aback.) TIMON “King”? Pfffff! Lady, have you got your lions crossed! No, he is the rightful king.

NALA PUMBAA

The king! (moves respectfully toward SIMBA and bows reverently) Your Majesty... Pumbaa, stop it. He’s not the king. (to SIMBA) Are ya?

SIMBA TIMON

SIMBA

No. Simba!

NALA

SIMBA Maybe I was going to be... but that was a long time ago. NALA (to TIMON and PUMBAA) I’m sorry, could you excuse us for a bit? TIMON (throws up his arms) It starts. Ya think ya know a guy... (TIMON and PUMBAA step away.) NALA It’s like you’re back from the dead. SIMBA Hey, it’s okay. I’m fine. And you − you even pinned me again! I’ve really missed you.

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NALA

SIMBA

I’ve missed you, too.

(TIMON and PUMBAA spy on SIMBA and NALA, who exit.) I tell ya, Pumbaa, this stinks. (embarrassed) Oh. Sorry.

TIMON PUMBAA

TIMON Not you. Them. Him... her... alooone. PUMBAA

What’s wrong with that?

(#25 CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT.)

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# # # # 2 Freely∑ 4 & #### 2 4 &

####

they

44 œ œ œ TIMON:

∑

44 Ó

don't

have

‰

œ œ

j œ

can see what's hap - p'ning, and

Œ œ a

¿ J ‰

PUMBAA:

What?

‰

¿ J

clue.

j œ

They'll

Who?

‰

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# # # # (TIMON): & œ œ fall

####

love

‰.

and

here's

œ œ œ

the

bot - tom line:

Our tri - o's down to

two.

PUMBAA:

Freely

ca - ress

œ œ

‰œ œ

sweet

ma - gic

#### 4 & 4 œ

j œ

‰

r œ œ œ œ œ œ

rall.

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¿ J

‰

j œ

Oh.

twi - light;

there's

44 j 24 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ

ev - 'ry - where.

And

with all this ro -

24 œ œ œ 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

man - tic

# # # # 4A Tempo & 4 w

at - mos - phere, dis

as - ter's

in the

∑

air.

(The jungle comes alive. TIMON and PUMBAA exit.)

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####

ENSEMBLE:

#### ####

j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ

Can

you feel

‰

j œ œ

the love

œ œ

world, for once,

‰ j œ

to - night,

the peace the eve - 'ning

œ œ œ œ ‰ œj

œ œ œ

brings?

The

œœ œœ œ ‰ j œ œ

per - fect

har - mo - ny

with

(SIMBA and NALA re-enter separately.)

####

#### ####

∑ œ

all

its

œ œ œ

how

liv - ing things.

‰

œ œ œ œ œ œ.

‰

tell

to make her

her,

see

‰ j œ

˙.

œ œ œ œ.

ma - ny things

SIMBA:

j œ

but

j œ

the

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####

(SIMBA):

truth

#### ‰ &

& 25

####

#### ####

j œ

She'd

turn

my 3

past?

œ œ.

j œ

‰

≈⋲

œ œ œ

won't he be

#### œ &

hid - ing.

the king I see

Can

you feel

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j œ

He's

‰

j œ

But

cide.

j œ

Why 3

I know he

ENSEMBLE:

j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ

‰

24 œ œ œ œ

œ œ.

the king

œ œ œ œ

‰

œ œ œ œ œ. I can't de

j œ

NALA:

hold - ing back. He's

#### 2 & 4 ≈⋲

Im - pos - si - ble.

œ œ œ œ

a - way from me.

œ œ œ œ.

a - bout

what?

####

œ œ ‰

œ œ œ œ

the love

44 ˙.

side?

is,

œ œ œ

to - night,

####

‰

œ œ œ œ ‰ œj

world, for once,

all

its

The

œœ œœ œ ‰ j œ œ

per - fect

har - mo - ny

˙.

liv - ing things.

‰ j œ

brings?

the peace the eve - 'ning

#### ####

œ œ

j œ œ

with

#### # #

(From the Pridelands, RAFIKI enters and cups her ear to hear a far-off melody.)

#### # œ & #

Can

#### # ‰ & #

#### # œ & # œ

#### # & #

j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ

Œ œ œ œ œ

œœ j œ œ œ

˙˙

you feel

the love

You need - n't look

œœ œ œ œ œ

Steal - ing through

œœ

too

‰ j œ œ

#### # & # œ

love

where

far.

Œ œ œ œ œ

the night's un - cer - tain - ties, molto rit.

∑

to - night?

œ œ

we are!

˙.

NALA:

‰ j œ

And

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(NALA):

#### # œ & #

#### # Œ & #

Slowly

feels

œ œ

the love

œ œ œ

in the way

œ œ ˙

to - night

do.

# # # # # SIMBA: 64 œ œ & # Œ œ . œ œ ≈⋲ œ œ œœ œ œ

It's e - nough for this rest - less wan - der - er

# # # # # (SIMBA): & # 64 œ œ ˙ Œ œ 44 w

∑

# # # # # NALA: & # 64 œ œ ˙ Œ œ 44 w

∑

just to be

Just to be

with

you.

(SIMBA and NALA hold paws. RAFIKI smiles and exits. SIMBA breaks away, energized.) Isn’t this a great place? It is beautiful.

SIMBA NALA

SIMBA And there’s lots more you haven’t even seen yet. NALA Simba, I don’t understand. You’ve been alive all this time. Why didn’t you come back to Pride Rock?

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And leave paradise?

SIMBA

NALA Simba, Scar let the hyenas take over the Pridelands! What?!?

SIMBA

NALA Everything’s destroyed. There’s no food, no water. If we go back together, we can do something about it. I can’t go back.

SIMBA NALA

Why?

SIMBA It doesn’t matter. Hakuna matata. NALA

What?

SIMBA Hakuna matata. It’s something I learned out here. Look, sometimes bad things happen and there’s nothing you can do about it. So why worry? NALA What’s happened to you? You’re not the Simba I remember. SIMBA You’re right. I’m not. Are you satisfied?!? No. Just disappointed.

NALA

SIMBA You know, you’re beginning to sound like my father. Good! At least one of us does!

NALA

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(SIMBA sits. The silence is interrupted by an odd little tune.) RAFIKI (offstage) TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA… (dances on and taunts SIMBA) TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA… Will ya cut it out?

SIMBA

RAFIKI Can’t cut it out. It’ll grow right back! (SIMBA walks away. RAFIKI follows.) TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA… TAMATISO, A SO— Who are you? The question is: Who are you?

SIMBA RAFIKI

SIMBA I thought I knew. Now I’m not so sure. RAFIKI I know who you are. You’re Mufasa’s boy. You knew my father? Correction. I know your father.

SIMBA RAFIKI

SIMBA I hate to tell you this, but my father died a long time ago. RAFIKI Nope. Wrong again! He’s alive! I’ll show him to you. Shhhh... Look down there. (SIMBA anxiously, cautiously approaches a pool of water. He looks in and sees the reflection of a lion.) SIMBA That’s not my father. It’s just my reflection.

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RAFIKI

No... Look harder...

(SIMBA looks deeply into the pool. #26 HE LIVES IN YOU.)

He Lives In You

He Lives in You 1

# 4 & 4 & &

# #

& &

ne - ngwe 'na - ma-ba -

& &

Night

# # #

œ œ. œ œ Œ

œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ œ

ne - ngwe

I - ngo-nya

# RAFIKI: & œ Œ Ó

ENSEMBLE:

call - ing,

‰ Ó

j Œ ‰ œ. . œ. >œ œ.

Oh oh

I - ngo - nya - ma

la.

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ Œ œ

∑

œ.

la.

'na - ma - ba

‰ œj œ œ .

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ

œ œ. œ

and the spi - rit

∑

j Œ ‰ œ. . œ. >œ œ.

ENSEMBLE:

Oh oh i - yo.

of life

‰ œj œ œ

ma - me - la.

∑

Œ œ Œ Ó œ œ ∑

And a voice

∑

i - yo.

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# Ó &

(RAFIKI):

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ Œ with the fear of

j œ ‰ Œ

& &

# #

# ≈⋲ œ &

# ≈⋲ œ œ &

‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ ai

ma - me - la.

∑

‰ Ó

ENSEMBLE:

ya,

j ‰ œ œ. . œ. > œ.

RAFIKI:

ans - wers,

i - yo.

œ.

a child

# ENSEMBLE: j & œ. œ ‰ œ œ . . > .

‰ œj œ œ

∑ Œ

∑

œ œ œ œ œ œ.

œ œ

i - yo.

bu - kho - si

kho

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ

ndo - da - na

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kho!

œœ

zwe sonke!

# RAFIKI: & œ Œ Ó

Wait,

# ENSEMBLE: & Œ œ œ

Œœ œ

œ œ œ Œ

there's no moun-tain too great.

œ Œ Ó

∑

Wait, wait, wait, wait...

& &

œ. œ œ œ

∑

j Œ ‰ œ. . œ. >œ œ.

# #

oh,

i - yo.

j œ

ENSEMBLE 1:

‰

He - la,

Oh oh

∑ ‰ œj œ

have faith.

Œ ‰

œ œœ

i - yo.

j ‰ œ œ. . œ. œ > .

Hear these words and have faith.

œ. Œ

Œ œ œ 3

∑ œ

hem

œ œ.

ma - me

la.

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j œ

(ENSEMBLE 1):

j œ

‰

# ENSEMBLE 2: j & ‰ Jœ œ

‰

He - la,

& &

# #

hem

œ œ.

ma - me

la.

œ œ.

ma - me

hem

∑

RAFIKI:

la.

‰ œ œ œ œ J 3

He lives in you.

‰ œj j ‰ ‰ œj j ‰ Ó . œ œ œ œ œ œ > œ.

(ENSEMBLE 1):

He - la,

hem ma - me - la.

He - la.

He - la,

hem ma - me - la.

He - la.

2): > j # (ENSEMBLE j . ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ Ó œ ‰ & œ œ œ œ J J .

∑

‰ œ œ œ œ J

He lives in me.

# ENSEMBLE: j j & ‰ œ œj ‰ œ œ œ . œ œ ‰ œ œj ‰ Ó > . > > . > He - la, hem ma - me - la. He - la.

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& &

∑

œœ Œ ver

Œ œ œ œ œ œ 3

ev - 'ry thing we see.

j j ‰ Ó ‰ œj œj ‰ ‰ . œ œ œ > . >œ œ > œ > œ. He - la, hem ma - me - la. He - la. Œ

œ œ œ

In - to

‰ œj j ‰ ‰ œj j ‰ Ó œ . œ > œ. > œ. >œ œ > œ He - la, hem ma - me - la. He - la.

# -

œ œ

He watch - es o -

∑

‰ œ J

‰ œj j ‰ ‰ œj j ‰ œ . œ > œ. >œ œ > œ > œ. He - la, hem ma - me - la. He - la.

# #

œœ Œ er,

the wat -

œ œ œ

in - to the truth,

‰ œj œj ‰ ‰ œj j ‰ Ó . œ œ > . >œ œ > œ > œ. He - la, hem ma - me - la. He - la.

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(RAFIKI):

∑

œ œ œ œ œ

in your

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j œ œ . Ó Œ‰ œj œ œ œ

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(A vision of MUFASA appears.) Simba... Father? Simba, you have forgotten me. No! How could I?

MUFASA SIMBA MUFASA SIMBA

MUFASA You have forgotten who you are, and so, have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You must take your place in the circle of life. SIMBA How can I go back? I’m not who I used to be. MUFASA Remember who you are... You are my son and the one true king. (The vision of MUFASA fades.) SIMBA No! Wait! Don’t leave me! Please! Don’t leave me! (The vision is gone. SIMBA is alone. RAFIKI approaches.)

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RAFIKI Hey bo! What was that? The weather. Most peculiar, eh? SIMBA Yeah. Looks like the winds are changing. Ah... change is good.

RAFIKI

SIMBA But it’s not easy. I know what I have to do. But it means facing my past. (RAFIKI bonks SIMBA with her stick.) Ow! Sheesh! What was that for? RAFIKI It doesn’t matter. It’s in the past. Yeah, but it still hurts.

SIMBA

RAFIKI Oh, yes... the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it... or you can learn from it. (RAFIKI again swings her stick at SIMBA, but this time he ducks.) You see? So what are you going to do now? (exiting) I’m going back! Good! Get out of here!

SIMBA

RAFIKI

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‰

RAFIKI:

‰ œ J

# #

œ J

lives

you.

yo.

∑

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œ œ œœœ œ œ œ

hem ma - me - la.

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ Hi - ya,

hi - ya,

He - la.

j œ œœ ˙

œ œœ

yo.

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hem ma - me - la.

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œ œ œ

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thing we see.

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hem ma - me - la.

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# (RAFIKI): j & ‰œ œœ œœœ œ

j œ œœ ˙

Hi - ya,

hi - ya,

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yo.

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he lives in you.

‰ œj œ œ œ w ∑ He lives in you.

(RAFIKI does a little victory dance as TIMON and PUMBAA enter, followed by NALA.)

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NALA

Hey, guys.

PUMBAA, TIMON (startled) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! NALA It’s okay. It’s me, it’s me... Have you seen Simba? We thought he was with you.

PUMBAA

NALA He was. But now I can’t find him. Where is he? (RAFIKI steps forward.) RAFIKI Ha, ha. You won’t find him here. The king has returned. (RAFIKI exits.) Who’s the monkey?

TIMON

NALA I can’t believe it. Simba’s gone back to challenge Scar! Who’s got a scar?

PUMBAA

NALA No. Simba’s gone back to challenge his uncle and take his place as king! (realizing) Ohh-hhh... Come on!

TIMON, PUMBAA

NALA

(#27 RETURN TO THE PRIDELANDS. NALA, TIMON, and PUMBAA exit.)

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SCENE 13: PRIDE ROCK (Gray, parched, bleak, silent. SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED climb Pride Rock, lie down, and fall asleep. SIMBA enters and surveys the situation. NALA enters and joins him.) Simba!

NALA SIMBA

Nala... What made you come back?

NALA

SIMBA I finally got some sense knocked into me. This is my kingdom. If I don’t fight for it, who will? NALA

I will.

(TIMON and PUMBAA enter.) Count us in, too. At your service, my liege.

Huh?

(rousing)

TIMON PUMBAA ED

SIMBA (to PUMBAA, TIMON, and NALA) Shhh! Follow me. (TIMON, PUMBAA, NALA, and SIMBA press themselves against Pride Rock to keep hidden.) TIMON We’re gonna fight your uncle for this?!? Yes, Timon. This is my home.

SIMBA

TIMON Talk about your fixer-upper! And hyenas! I hate hyenas! So what’s the plan for getting past those guys?

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SIMBA Nala, rally the lionesses. You guys, create a distraction. I’ll deal with Scar. NALA

Be careful.

(NALA exits as SIMBA sneaks around Pride Rock.) TIMON Create a distraction? What does he want me to do – put on a dress and dance the hula? (ED, SHENZI, and BANZAI rouse and approach. PUMBAA pulls out a grass skirt and hands it to TIMON.) PUMBAA

Here!

(#28 LUAU HAWAIIAN TREAT. As TIMON and PUMBAA perform, the HYENAS stare, transfixed.)

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Putting On A Show!

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feel - ing beat?

j œ œ

some - thing

eat?

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Are you

Œ ˙

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Are you

Come

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(TIMON, PUMBAA):

& œ œ œ œ ‰ œj œ

for - get your trou - bles and

j &œ œ

lu - au

& œ

j œ œ œ Œ

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˙. treat!

b˙ .

(SHENZI and BANZAI snap out of their trance.)

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Get 'em!

Ahhh!!!!

nœ

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(SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED chase TIMON and PUMBAA offstage. SCAR enters with a pack of other HYENAS and climbs Pride Rock.) Sarabi!!!

SCAR

(SARABI enters with head held high and walks the gauntlet of hostile HYENAS.) Where is your hunting party? They’re not doing their job. SARABI Scar, there is no food. The herds have moved on. We must leave Pride Rock. We’re not going anywhere.

SCAR

SARABI Then you are sentencing us to death.

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So be it.

SCAR

(#29 SCAR’S LAST STAND – Part 1.) SARABI If you were half the king Mufasa was― SCAR I am ten times the king Mufasa was! (SCAR lunges at SARABI and she cowers to the ground. SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED return as SIMBA emerges.) No, Scar! Mufasa?

SIMBA SARABI

SCAR Mufasa...? No! It can’t be. You’re dead! No. It’s me, Mom.

SIMBA

SARABI Simba...? You’re alive! How can that be? (helping SARABI up) It doesn’t matter. I’m home.

SIMBA

SCAR (nervous laugh) Simba! I’m a little surprised to see you... (glares at HYENAS) ... alive. (SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED skulk away.) SIMBA (approaches SCAR) Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t rip you apart. SCAR Simba, Simba, Simba, you must understand. The pressures of ruling a kingdom—

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SIMBA Are no longer yours. Step down, Scar. SCAR Oh... well I would, naturally. But there is one little problem. (gestures to the ranks of HYENAS) You see them? They think I’m king. (The HYENAS sneer and laugh. NALA enters with PUMBAA, TIMON, and the LIONESSES.) NALA Well, we don’t. Simba is the rightful king. Oh look... the cat came back.

SCAR

SIMBA The choice is yours, Scar. Either step down or fight. SCAR Must this all end in violence? I’d hate to be responsible for the death of a family member. Wouldn’t you agree, Simba? (to SIMBA) What is he talking about?

NALA

SCAR So you haven’t told them, your faithful subjects, your little secret? Well, Simba, now’s your chance. Tell them who’s responsible for Mufasa’s death.

I am.

(pause, then)

Tell me it’s not true! It’s true. He admits it! Murderer! No! It was an accident.

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SIMBA

SARABI SIMBA SCAR SIMBA

SCAR If it weren’t for you, Mufasa would still be alive. It’s your fault he’s dead. Do you deny it? SIMBA

No. Then you’re guilty! No! I’m not a murderer.

SCAR SIMBA

(SCAR backs SIMBA into the crowd of HYENAS. #30 SCAR’S LAST STAND–PART 2.) SCAR Simba, you’re in trouble again. But this time, Daddy isn’t here to save you. And now everybody knows why. (whispers) But here’s my little secret: I killed Mufasa. Noooooo!

SIMBA

(SIMBA leaps up and puts his paws to his uncle’s throat.) No! Simba – please. Tell them the truth.

SCAR SIMBA

(SIMBA tightens his grasp as SCAR gasps.) I killed Mufasa! You’re the murderer! Have mercy. Please. I beg you. You don’t deserve to live.

SCAR SIMBA SCAR SIMBA

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SCAR But, Simba − I am family. The hyenas are the real enemy. It was their idea. You wouldn’t kill your old uncle, would you? (The HYENAS react to Scar’s sell-out. SIMBA releases SCAR.) No, Scar. I’m not like you.

SIMBA

SCAR Oh, Simba, thank you. How can I make it up to you? Tell me. Anything. SIMBA Run. Run away, Scar. Run away and never return. SCAR Yes. Of course. As you wish… Your Majesty. (SCAR hands over the royal symbol to SIMBA. As he exits, limping, he is surrounded by SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED.) Ah, my friends, help me... SHENZI

Friends? Friends? (to BANZAI) I thought he said we were the enemy. Yeah. That’s what I heard. Ed?

BANZAI

SHENZI, BANZAI (ED laughs maniacally. The HYENAS chase SCAR offstage, gnashing their teeth.)

SCAR No! Let me explain! Nooooooooo!!! (#31 FINALE. SARABI runs to SIMBA and embraces him. TIMON and PUMBAA enter and greet SIMBA and SARABI ceremonially. SARABI steps aside as NALA approaches; the new king and queen embrace. RAFIKI enters and honors SIMBA. ZAZU approaches.)

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ZAZU

(bows) Your Majesty...

RAFIKI

It is time.

(SIMBA climbs Pride Rock as king; ALL bow to him.) MUFASA’S VOICE

Remember...

Finale

(SIMBA looks up at the sky and roars. Herds of ANIMALS arrive.)

Finale 1

### 3 & 4

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∑

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‰ œœ œ œ œ œ œ - œ > œ œ œœ

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li - zwe bo!

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Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

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Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

Oh, bu - sa Sim - ba iyo!

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### ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ &

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(NALA joins SIMBA atop Pride Rock.)

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(RAFIKI joins them for the presentation of their newborn cub. RAFIKI holds up the newborn cub for all to see.)

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ding

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you. 3

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j j‰ Ó ‰ œj œj ‰ ‰ . œ œ œ > . >œ œ > œ > œ.

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He - la,

hem ma - me - la.

He - la.

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(ENSEMBLE 1):

(ENSEMBLE 2):

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‰ œ J

hem ma - me - la.

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he lives in you!

He lives in you!

(#33 EXIT MUSIC.)

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THEATER GLOSSARY actor: A person who performs as a character in a play or musical. antagonist: The enemy of the protagonist in a musical. author: A writer of a play or musical, also known as a playwright. A musical’s authors include a book writer, composer, and lyricist. blocking: The actors’ movements in a play or musical, not including the choreography. The director usually assigns blocking during rehearsals. book writer: One of the authors of a musical. The book writer writes the lines (dialogue) and the stage directions. Also called the librettist. cast: The performers in a show. cheating out: Turning oneself slightly toward the house when performing so the audience may better see one’s face and hear one’s lines. choreographer: A person who creates and teaches the dance numbers in a musical. composer: A person who writes music for a musical. creative team: The author(s), director, choreographer, music director, and designers for a play or musical. cross: When an actor onstage moves toward or away from another actor or object. dialogue: A conversation between two or more characters. director: A person who provides the artistic vision, coordinates the creative elements, and stages the play. downstage: The portion of the stage closest to the audience. The opposite of upstage. house: The area of the theater where the audience sits to watch the show. house left: The left side of the theater from the audience’s perspective. house right: The right side of the theater from the audience’s perspective. lines: The dialogue spoken by the actors. lyricist: A person who writes the lyrics of a musical. The lyricist works with a composer to create songs. lyrics: The words of a song. monologue: A dramatic speech by one actor. music director: A person in charge of teaching the songs to the cast and orchestra and maintaining the quality of the performed score. The music director may also conduct a live orchestra during performances.

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musical: A play with songs that are used to tell a story. objective: What a character wants in a particular scene. off-book: The actor’s ability to perform his or her memorized lines without holding the script. offstage: Any area out of view of the audience. Also called backstage. onstage: Anything on the stage within view of the audience. opening night: The first official performance of a production, after which the show is frozen, meaning no further changes are made. play: A type of dramatic writing meant to be performed live on a stage. A musical is one kind of play. protagonist: The main character in a musical. The action centers on this character. raked stage: A stage that is raised slightly upstage so that it slants towards the audience. rehearsal: A meeting where the cast learns and practices the show. script: 1) The written words that make up a show, including spoken words, stage directions, and lyrics. 2) The book that contains those words. speed-through: To perform the dialogue of a scene as quickly as possible. A speed-through rehearsal helps actors memorize their lines, and it infuses energy into the pacing of a scene. stage directions: Words in the script that describe the actions. stage left: The left side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective. The same side of the theater as house right. stage manager: A person who is responsible for keeping all rehearsals and performances orderly and on schedule. stage right: The right side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective. The same side of the theater as house left. upstage: The part of the stage furthest from the audience. The opposite of downstage. warm-ups: Exercises at the beginning of a rehearsal or before a performance that prepare actors’ voices and bodies.

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SHOW GLOSSARY abode: Home. adieu: A French word meaning “goodbye.” allied: Joined together in agreement. aroma: Smell. bleak: Depressing or dreary. carrion: The meat from a dead animal. coup: An impressive victory that is difficult or unexpected. crude: Simple or rude. djembe: A West African drum made of wood and rawhide and played with bare hands. hornbill: An African bird with a long, curved bill that is often brightly colored. impeccable: Flawless or perfect. IsiXhosa (Xhosa): A South African language with click consonants on “c,” “x,” and “q.” IsiZulu (Zulu): The language of the Zulu people, an ethnic group in South Africa. kente cloth: Silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven textile strips, native to the Ashanti region in South Ghana. Known for its bold, multi-colored patterns, it was once a royal fabric worn by kings. Kiswahili (Swahili): The language spoken by the Swahili people in Southeast Africa. majordomo: A steward or butler who makes arrangements for another person. mandrill: A monkey with a red and blue face and a yellow beard that is closely related to the baboon.

meerkat: A small, yellowish-brown or gray African mammal with light black markings. meticulous: Very detailed and exact. motto: A short sentence expressing a rule guiding the behavior of a person or group. murky: Dark or unclear. outcast: A person who is rejected from his home or community. pinnacle: A high point or peak. retention: The ability to keep or remember something. sangoma: A highly revered and respected healer of physical, emotional, and spiritual illnesses in South Africa; seen as having mystical, fortune-telling abilities. Rafiki is a sangoma, helping Simba make his journey from cub to courageous king.

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Serengeti: An ecosystem in Africa with diverse habitats ranging from forests, swamps, grasslands, and woodlands. Home to over 70 large mammal species. Setswana: A South African language spoken primarily in Botswana. sordid: Evil. stooge: An assistant. suppression: An act of being excluded. trespasser: An intruder or someone who is in a location she is not allowed to be. tenacious: Stubborn or forceful. turtle doves: Medium-sized birds thought to be very affectionate and therefore used as symbols for people in love. warthog: A wild African pig with two pairs of tusks.

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AFRICAN LANGUAGES GLOSSARY Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama (Xhosa) Nants’ ingonyama, bakithi, baba (NANTS een-GON-yah-mah bah-KEE-tee bahBAH): Here comes the lion, my people, the father (of our nation). Sithi hu ‘ngonyama (SEE-tee WHOO gon-YAH-mah): We hail this coming of the lion. ‘Ngonyama nengwe bo (GON-yah-mah NEN-gway boh): The lion and the leopard. Nants’ ingonyama, bakithi babo (NANTS een-GON-yah-mah bah-KEE-tee bahBOH): Here comes the lion, my dear people. Sizo nqo’ (SEE-zoh N<click> OH): We will have victory! Ingonyama nengwe ’namabala (een-gon-YAH-mah NEN-gweh nah-mah-BAHlah): The lion wears the leopard spots. (connotes royalty) Ingonyama nengwe wema (een-gon-YAH-mah NEN-gweh WEH-mah): The lion and the leopard, oh what a sight! Balek’ ingonyam’i ya gale’ (BAH-lek een-gon-YAH-mee YAH gah-LEH): Run, the lion will attack!

Grasslands Chant (Zulu) Zm zm zmm: (sounds of wind in the grass) Mama ye (mah-mah YEH): Mother Earth/Wow… Woza, ’mfana. Oh, woza! (WO-zah MFAN-ah oh WO-zah): Come, son. Oh, come! Oh, woza! (Oh WO-zah): Oh, come. Busa le lizwe bo (BOO-sah leh LEEZ-weh boh): Rule this precious land! Busa lomhlaba (BOO-sah LOM-hhla-bah): Rule this earth. Busa ngo thando bo (BOO-san GO TAN-doh boh): Rule with love. He um hem, ya oh ha: (imitation of animal sounds – bull, donkey, horse – to connect with animal spirits)

The Lioness Hunt (Zulu) Ah ha hayi (ya): (roaring sounds) We baba (WEH bah-bah): Oh, father. Zingela, siyo zingela, baba (zeen-GEH-lah see-YO zeen-GEH-lah bah-bah): Hunt − let’s go hunt, father.

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Hi baba (HAI bah-bah): Oh, father. S’qhubekeni, siyo zingela (S<click>OO-beh-KEH-nee see-YO zeen-GEH-lah): Let’s proceed – let’s go hunt.

They Live in You (Zulu) Ingonyama nengwe ‘namabala (een-gon-YA-mah NEN-gweh nah-mah-BA-lah): The lion wears the leopard spots. (connotes royalty) Oh oh iyo (OH OH ee-YOH): (ancestral echoes that imply “This is it!”) Mamela (MAH-meh-lah): Listen. Hela, hem mamela (HAY-lah HEM mah-MEH-lah): Pay attention and experience this.

The Stampede (Zulu) Yona yona yona (YOH-nah YOH-nah YOH-nah): Here it comes! Baba, wa mi baba (BAH-bah WAH MEE BAH-bah): Father, oh my father!

The Mourning Hamela, hamela, hamela (HAH-meh-lah): (breathy expression of grief)

Hakuna Matata (Swahili) Hakuna matata (hah-KOO-nah mah-TAH-tah): No worries.

Shadowland (Setswana, Zulu) Fatshe leso lea halalela (FAT-SEE LEH-SOO LEE-AH HAH-lah-LEH-lah): This land of our ancestors is holy. (Setswana) Ngizo buyabo (GEE-zoh BOO-yah-boh): I will return. (Zulu) Beso bo (BEH-soo boh): My people. (Setswana)

Tamatiso (Zulu) Tamatiso, a so, a helele ma (tah-mah-tee-SOH ah SOH ah HEH-leh-leh MAH): (A popular South African nursery rhyme underscoring children’s fondness for ketchup/tomato sauce)

He Lives in You (Zulu) Ingonyama nengwe ’namabala (een-gon-YAH-mah NEN-gweh nah-mah-BAHlah): The lion wears the leopard spots. (connotes royalty) Oh oh iyo (OH OH ee-YOH): (ancestral echoes that imply “This is it!”)

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Mamela (MAH-meh-lah): Listen. Ubukhosi bokhokho (OO-boo-KHOH-see boh-KHOH-khoh): This is the throne of our ancestors! We ndodana ye sizwe sonke (WEN doh-DAH-nah yeh SEEZ-we SOHNk): Oh, this son of our nation! Hela, hem mamela (HEH-lah HEM mah-MEH-lah): Pay attention and experience this.

Finale (Zulu) Busa le lizwe bo (BOO-sah leh LEEZ-weh boh): Rule this precious land. Busa lomhlaba (BOO-sah LOM-hhlah-bah): Rule this earth. Busa ngo thando bo (BOO-san GO TAN-do boh): Rule with love. Oh, busa Simba iyo (oh BOO-sah SEEM-bah YOH): Oh, rule, Simba.

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Disney Theatrical Group: Caley Beretta, Ken Cerniglia, Adam Dworkin, Julie Haverkate, Sarah Kenny, Lisa Mitchell, Colleen McCormack, David Redman Scott iTheatrics: Susan Fuller, Marty Johnson, Steven G. Kennedy, Timothy Allen McDonald, Cynthia A. Ripley, Lindsay Weiner Lupi

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Eric Emch, Kevin Yates Disney’s The Lion King JR. was adapted for young performers from the Broadway show by Ken Cerniglia (libretto) and Will Van Dyke (score). “It’s a Small World” written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

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Hey Kids! Student Rehearsal CDs ST UDEN T REHEARSAL CD 1. Orchestra Tune-Up 2. Circle of Life w/ Nant’s Ingoyama 3. Into Scar’s Cave 4. Grasslands Chant 5. Return to Scar’s Cave 6. Our Little Secret 7. The Lioness Hunt 8. I Just Can’t Wait to Be King 9. Elephant Graveyard 10. Scar Enters 11. Be Prepared 12. Nightfall 13. They Live in You 14. Into the Gorge 15. The Stampede 16. The Mourning 17. Into the Desert 18. Hakuna Matata (Part 1)

19. Hakuna Matata (Part 2) 20. King Scar 21. Shadowland 22. Playing and Pouncing 23. Under the Stars 24. She’s Gonna Eat Me 25. Can You Feel the Love Tonight 26. He Lives in You 27. Return to the Pridelands 28. Luau Hawaiian Treat 29. Scar’s Last Stand (Part 1) 30. Scar’s Last Stand (Part 2) 31. Finale 32. Bows 33. Exit Music 34. Grasslands Chant 35. He Lives in You (simple) 36. He Lives in You (advanced)

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