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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
Characters........................................................................vii
Theater Tips ....................................................................viii
The Lion King JR. Script......................................................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.............................................................52
The Stampede ..............................................................60
The Mourning................................................................65
Hakuna Matata (Part 1)................................................71
Hakuna Matata (Part 2)................................................77
Shadowland .................................................................83
Can You Feel the Love Tonight .....................................93
He Lives in You............................................................100
Finale...........................................................................116
Bows ...........................................................................119
Actor’s Glossary .............................................................122
Show Glossary ...............................................................124
African Languages Glossary.........................................126
Credits & Copyrights.....................................................129
 WELCOME TO THE THEATER
INTRODUCTION

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 for this musical, like this introduction and
two glossaries. You can look up any bold words in the Actor’s 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 most stages used to be raked, or tilted down toward the
house where the audience sits, the term downstage is still used to refer to
the area closest to the audience, and upstage is used to refer to the area
farthest from the audience. Stage left and stage right are from the actor’s
perspective when facing the audience. This diagram shows how to use these
terms to label nine different parts of the stage.

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 WHAT TO EXPECT

INTRODUCTION
DURING REHEARSALS

You will be performing a musical, a type of play that tells a story through
music, choreography, 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, for
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 which
music cues to listen for. If the book writer and lyricist are the same person,
they are often referred to as the librettist, since the book and lyrics together
are referred to as the libretto.
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 during
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
Since most musicals include some movement or dance, you’ll also be
rehearsing choreography. 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 determine where everyone in the cast stands and how they
move around the stage. You’ll use theater blocking terms (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
INTRODUCTION

Notating your script can help you to remember important blocking and
direction. Below are some tips to keep you on track.

1 Always write your name legibly on your script. Scripts have a way of
getting lost or changing hands during rehearsals.

2 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.

3 Underline important stage directions, lines, lyrics, and individual

words. For example, if your director wants you to stress a word,
underline it in your script.

4 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 (you

could write “R hand up” to remind yourself to raise your right hand).
You may also combine them in various ways (you could write
“XDSR” to remind yourself to cross downstage right).

5 Draw diagrams to help clarify your blocking. For example, if you are
instructed to walk in a circle around a bench, you might draw a box
to represent the bench, then draw a circle around it with an arrow
indicating the direction in which you are supposed to walk.

6 Draw stick figures to help you remember your choreography.

7 Mark your music with large commas to remind yourself where to

take breaths while singing.

8 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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 INTRODUCTION
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 SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS

RAFIKI gathers the ANIMALS of the Pridelands to welcome Simba, 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
before taking 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 – Parts 1 & 2).
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 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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CHARACTERS
(in order of appearance)

RAFIKI – a mysterious and wise mandrill

ENSEMBLE – the animal inhabitants of the Pridelands, including the wildebeest;

also create the environment of 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 provide for the Pridelands by hunting

YOUNG NALA / NALA – a spunky, brave lioness and Simba’s best friend

SARAFINA – a lioness, Nala’s mother

BANZAI – a scruffy hyena who serves Scar

SHENZI – a tough hyena who serves Scar

ED – an aloof 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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THEATER TIPS
THEATER TIPS
• It takes an ensemble to make a show; everyone’s part is
important.
• Be respectful of others at all times.
• Bring your script and a pencil to every rehearsal.
• Arrive at rehearsal on time and ready to begin.
• Be specific! Make clear choices about your character’s
background and motivation for each line and action.
• To help memorize your lines, write them down or speak them
aloud to yourself in a mirror.
• Don’t upstage yourself. Cheat out so the audience can always
see your face and hear your voice.
• Before each performance, tell everyone to “break a leg” –
which is theater talk for “good luck”!
• Be quiet backstage and remember: if you can see the
audience, 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.
• Remember to thank your director and fellow cast and crew.
• HAVE FUN!

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SCENE ONE: PRIDE ROCK
(#1 – CIRCLE OF LIFE WITH NANTS’ INGONYAMA.)

CIRCLE OF LIFE
01
with Nants’ Ingonyama
Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama
(Before the dawn, an old mandrill, RAFIKI, enters
and calls out. VOICES respond as the sun rises.)

K
& 44 œ œ œ 42 œ œ œ œ 44
RAFIKI:
∑ .
œ œ œ œ
Nan ts’in - go - nya - ma, ba - ki-thi, ba-ba.

4
42 Œ
∑ ∑ ‰ 44
ENSEMBLE 1:
&4
œ œ
Si-thi

& 44 42 Œ
∑ ∑ ‰
ENSEMBLE 2:
44
œ œ
Si-thi

& 44 ˙
(ENSEMBLE 1):
Ó œ œ ‰ œÔ œ œ œ œ
4

œ
hu. ’Ngo - nya - ma. Neng - we bo.

& 44
(ENSEMBLE 2):
K K
˙ œ œ œ w
hu ’ngo - nya - ma.

RAFIKI:

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ 42 œ œ œ œ 44 1
& œ.
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Nan ts’in - go - nya - ma, ba - ki - thi ba - bo.

 & 44
(ENSEMBLE 2):
K K
˙ œ œ œ w
SCRIPT hu ’ngo - nya - ma.

RAFIKI:

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ 42 œ œ œ œ 44
& œ.
6

Nan ts’in - go - nya - ma, ba - ki - thi ba - bo.

42 Œ ‰ œ œ 44
ENSEMBLE:

& ∑
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Si - thi

& 44 œ Œ Ó ‰ œ œ œ Ó
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He - le - le!

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& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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& ˙˙ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ .. Œ
’Ngo - nya - ma.

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ENSEMBLE:

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œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

(Various groups of ANIMALS hear

the call and journey to Pride Rock.) RAFIKI:
& Ó Œ
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From the
(ENSEMBLE):

& ‰
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day we ar - rive on the
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&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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&œ œ œ
pla - net and

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
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blink - ing step in - to the sun,

&‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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21

&œ œ œ
there is

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
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‰
22

&
œ œ œ œ œ œ
more to see than can

& ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
e - ver be seen, more to

& ‰ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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24

&œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ
do than can e - ver be

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

Œ
25

&˙ œ œ
done. There is

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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26

&œ œ œ œ œ
far too much to take in

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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&œ œ œ œ œ
here. More to find

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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&œ œ œ œ œ
than can e - ver be

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

Œ
29

&˙ œ œ
found. But the

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

‰
30

&œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
sun roll - ing high through the

&‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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&œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
sap - phi - re sky keeps great and

&‰ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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&œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ
small on the end - less

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I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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&œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
round. It’s the cir - cle of

ENSEMBLE 2:

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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ZAZU, reverently bows to a regal lion, MUFASA, and his partner, SARABI.
RAFIKI walks 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.)
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and it moves us all

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love.

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

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œ œ œ œ
’Til we find our

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

42

&œ œ œ œ ˙
place

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
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on the path un - win -

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

&œ œ œ
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˙.
- ding

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

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45

in the

& ‰ b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

& œ. K
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œ œ œ œ
cir - cle,

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

K
&Œ ‰
47 3

œ œ œ œ
the cir - cle of

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

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& w
life.

& ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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

&Œ œ.
49

œ œ œ œ
It’s the cir - cle of

&‰ œ
œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

50 (ENSEMBLE 1):

& w
life
SEVERAL VOICES:

& Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ƒ Ba - le - k’in - gon - ya - m’i ya ga -
(ENSEMBLE 2):

& ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

&Œ
51

œ œ œ œ œ
and it moves us all

& ˙. Œ
le’!

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

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52

&w
(ENSEMBLE 2):

&‰ b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

&Œ œ.
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œ œ œ œ
through des - pair and

&‰ b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.
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& nw
hope,

& ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

K
&Œ ‰ K
55

œ. œ
œ
through faith and

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

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 &œ ˙.
SCRIPT
56

œ
love.

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

&Πbbb
57

œ œ œ œ
’Til we find our

&‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ bbb
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

58

b bb
& w
place

b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
&b b ‰ œœ œœ œœ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

b K œ
&b b Œ œ œ
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œ œ Ô
on the path un - win -

b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
&b b ‰
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

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60

&
- ding

b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
&b b ‰
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

b bœ œ
&b b Ó
61

in the

b b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ b œœ œœ Œ
&b b ‰
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma.

b K
&b b œ.
3

Œ ‰ Kœ œ œ
62

œ œ œ œ œ
cir - cle, the cir - cle of

b bb ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ
3

& œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ Œ ‰ Kœ œ œ
œ
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we we - ma. The cir - cle of

64
bb b ALL:
ww Ó
& ˙˙
life!

(ALL exit. #2 – INTO SCAR’S CAVE.)

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 SCENE TWO: SCAR’S CAVE
SCRIPT

(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.)

MUFASA
Scar!

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.

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 MUFASA

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That hairball is my son and your future king.

SCAR
Oh, I shall practice my curtsy.

(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.)

MUFASA
Is that a challenge?

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

ZAZU
Pity. Why not?

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.

MUFASA
Zazu!

(MUFASA laughs as he exits with ZAZU.)

SCENE THREE: THE PRIDELANDS

(#3 – GRASSLANDS CHANT.)

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 Grasslands CHANT
GRASSLANDS Chant
SCRIPT

03
(Time has passed. RAFIKI enters and looks off into
the distance. The ENSEMBLE forms the grass of the
Pridelands. Something exciting approaches.)

3
Flowing Like The Wind
b
& b b b 68 Œ. ‰
ENSEMBLE 3:

1-3
œ œ
Zm zm

b
& b bb œ . Œ. Œ. Œ. œ. ‰ œ œ
5

œ. œ.
zmm zmm zmm zmm. Zm zm

b
& b bb Π.
ENSEMBLE 2:
œ œ œ Œ. œ œ œ
9

Ma - ma ye ma - ma ye

b
(ENSEMBLE 3):

& b bb œ . Œ. œ. Œ.
zmm zmm

bbb Π.
b œ œ œ nœ œ Œ. œ œ œ
11

&
ma - ma ye ma - ma ye.

b
& b bb œ . Œ. œ. ‰
œ œ
zmm zmm. Zm zm

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&b b Œ. œ œ œ Œ. œ œ œ

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13

Ma - ma ye ma - ma ye

bb Œ. Œ.
&b b œ. œ.
zmm zmm

bbb Π.
b œ œ œ nœ œ Œ. œ œ œ
15

&
ma - ma ye ma - ma ye.

b
& b bb œ . Œ. œ. ‰
œ œ
zmm zmm. Zm zm

ENSEMBLE 1:

b
& b bb œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ.
2

œ
17

Ô .
Wo - za’m - fan’. Oh, wo - za!

bbb Œ . œ œ œ Œ.
(ENSEMBLE 2):

& b œ œ œ
Ma - ma ye ma - ma ye

b
(ENSEMBLE 3):

& b bb œ . Œ. œ. Œ.
zmm zmm

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 b bbb ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ.
œ œ œ ‰
19

& œ
SCRIPT

Wo - za’m - fan - a. Oh, wo - za!

b
& b bb Œ . œ œ œ nœ œ Œ. œ œ œ
mama
- ye ma - ma ye.

b bbb Œ. ‰
& œ. œ. œ œ
zmm zmm. Zm zm

b
& b bb œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ.
2

œ
21

Ô .
Wo - za’m - fan’. Oh, wo - za!

b
& b bb Œ . œ œ œ Œ. œ œ œ
Ma - ma ye ma - ma ye.

b
& b bb œ . Œ. œ. Œ.
zmm zmm.

b
& b bb ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ . œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ. . b
23

> >
Wo - za’m - fan - a. Oh, wo - za! Ma - ma ye!

b bbb ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ . œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ. . b
&
> >
Wo - za’m - fan - a. Oh, wo - za! Ma - ma ye!

b
& b bb ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ . œ œ ‰ œ œ œ. b
.
> > œ œ
Wo - za’m fan - a. Oh, wo - za! Ma - ma ye!

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(YOUNG SIMBA, now a headstrong young cub, and MUFASA enter
and move through the grass. RAFIKI exits.)
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.
> > œ œ
Wo - za’m fan - a. Oh, wo - za! Ma - ma ye!

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

ENSEMBLE 1,

- œ >œ œ œ- œ >œ œ
ENSEMBLE 2:

b œ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰
25

&
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa le li - zwe bo!
ENSEMBLE 3:

& b œ- œ œ œ
‰ œ- œ œ œ œ œ
‰
œ > œ >
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa le li - zwe bo!

YOUNG SIMBA:

- œ >œ œ
Where’re we going?

b œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ-K . ‰ .
27

&
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

& b œ- ‰ K. ‰ .
œ
œ > œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ -
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

b - œ >œ œ
œ œ- œ >œ œ œ œ ‰
œ œ ‰
29

&
Bu - sa ngo than - do bo! Bu - sa ngo than - do bo!

& b œ- œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ- œ œ œ œ œ ‰
> >
Bu - sa ngo than - do bo! Bu - sa ngo than - do bo!

YOUNG SIMBA:

>
Why’d we get up so early?
-
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> >
Bu - sa ngo than - do bo! Bu - sa ngo than - do bo!
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YOUNG SIMBA:

>
Why’d we get up so early?
-
&b œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ-K . ‰ .
31

Bu - sa ngo than - do bo! Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

& b œ- ‰ K ‰.
œ >œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ- .
Bu - sa ngo than - do bo! Bu - sa lom - hla - ba!

>
b -
œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ- œ >œ œ œ œ ‰
33

&
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa le li - zwe bo!

& b œ- ‰ œ- œ œ œ ‰
œ >œ œ œ œ
>
œ œ
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa le li - zwe bo!

(MUFASA climbs Pride Rock.

YOUNG SIMBA follows him YOUNG SIMBA:
up to the summit.) Are we there yet?

b - œ >œ œ
œ œ œ‰ œ œ œ
35

& œ œ- . ≈ ≈ œ
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa lom - hla - ba! He

& b œ- œ œ œ
‰
œ œ- . ≈ ≈ œ
œ > œ œ œ œ
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa lom - hla - ba! He

K >œ . . K >œ œ . . K >. .

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& œ . Ô R Ô œ . R Ô œ . R œÔ ‰ œ .
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um hem. He
>
um hem. Ya oh ha. He um hem.
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‰
œ œ- . ≈ ≈ œ
œ > œ œ œ œ
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo! Bu - sa lom - hla - ba! He

K >œ . . K >œ œ . . K >. .

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. . ‰ œ
& œ . Ô R Ô œ . R Ô œ R œÔ ‰ œ .
b ‰ œ ‰ ‰ ‰ . ‰ œ
37

>
um hem. He um hem. Ya oh ha. He um hem.

b K ‰ . ‰ r K ‰ . K ‰ r K ‰ . ‰ r K. ‰ .
& œ. K œ . œ œ . œK . œ >œ œ.
> œ . œ >œ . >
um hem. He um hem. Ya oh ha. He um hem.

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

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.

YOUNG SIMBA
And this’ll all be mine?

MUFASA
Everything.

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?

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 MUFASA
SCRIPT
They’re buzzards.

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.

(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.

YOUNG SIMBA
Aw, Dad, can’t I come?

MUFASA
No, Son.

(MUFASA exits.)

YOUNG SIMBA
I never get to go anywhere.

ZAZU
Oh, Simba, one day you will be king. Then you can chase away those
slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers from dawn until dusk.

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 (YOUNG SIMBA and ZAZU exit. #4 – RETURN TO SCAR’S

SCRIPT
CAVE.)

SCENE FOUR: 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!

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.

YOUNG SIMBA
Why not?

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

YOUNG SIMBA
An elephant what?

SCAR
Oops.

YOUNG SIMBA
Whoa!

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 SCAR
SCRIPT
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.

YOUNG SIMBA
No problem, Uncle Scar.

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. #5 – OUR

LITTLE SECRET.)

SCENE FIVE: THE PRIDELANDS

(#6 – THE LIONESS HUNT.)

TheLIONESS
THE Lioness HUNT
Hunt
(LIONESSES enter to hunt. RAFIKI enters and watches.)

# # 4 LIONESSES:
& 4 ‰ œK œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œK ≈
œ œ œ
Ah ha hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi (ya) [Link] ba - ba.

## K‰ ‰ K
œ . œ œ œ
3

& œ œ œ œœ œ œ≈ œ œœ œ
Zin - ge - la, si - yo zin - ge - la, ba - ba. Ah ha hayi

## K
œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ≈
5

& œ œ œ
œ
(ya) hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi. We ba - ba.

## K K
œ œ. œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ≈ œ œ œ≈
7

&
Zin - ge - la, si - yo zin - ge - la, ba - ba. We ba - ba.

## K‰ ‰ K
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& œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ≈ œ œ œ≈
 ## K‰ ‰ K
œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ≈ œ œ œ≈
7

&
Zin - ge - la, si - yo zin - ge - la, ba - ba. We ba - ba.

## K‰ ‰ K
œ œ œœ œ œ≈ œ œ œ≈

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œ . œ œ œ
9

& œ
Zin - ge - la, si - yo zin - ge - la, ba - ba. We ba - ba.

## K‰ ‰ K
œ . œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ≈œ œ œ≈
11

& œ
Zin - ge - la, si - yo zin - ge - la, ba - ba. Hi ba - ba.

# 68
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13

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

(The LIONESSES hunt and attack a GAZELLE.)

## 6 K ‰ . K ‰ . K ‰. K ‰. K ‰. K ‰.
& 8 œ. œ. œ. œ.
15

œ. œ.
Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem!

## K. ‰ . K. ‰ .
K ‰. K ‰. K ‰. K ‰.
18

& œ. œ. œ œ œ. œ.
Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem!

## K K 44 Ó
œ . ‰. œ . ‰. ‰ K
21

& œ œ œ œ
Hem! Hem! Ah ha hayi

#
&# œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œK ≈
23

œ œ œ œ
œ
(ya) hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi. We ba - ba.

## K‰ ‰ K
œ . œ œ œ Œ
25

& œ œ œ œœ œ œ
Zin - ge - la, si - yo zin - ge - la, ba - ba.

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 (RAFIKI exits as YOUNG SIMBA enters. He weaves in and out of the
SCRIPT
LIONESSES, in search of his friend YOUNG NALA.)

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 boring!

YOUNG SIMBA
No. It’s really cool.

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?

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 SARAFINA

SCRIPT
(checking in with a fellow mother)
Sarabi?

YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA

Pleeaassee?

SARABI
It’s all right with me...

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.)

YOUNG NALA
No! Not Zazu.

(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’?

YOUNG SIMBA
An elephant graveyard.

YOUNG NALA
(loudly)
Wow!

YOUNG SIMBA
Shhhh! Zazu...

YOUNG NALA
Right. So how’re we gonna ditch the dodo?

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 I
(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA huddle. ZAZU, thrilled, flies to
SCRIPT
them.)

ZAZU
Oh, just look! Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savanna! And
one day you two will be married!

YOUNG SIMBA
Yuck!

YOUNG NALA
Eewwww!

YOUNG SIMBA
I can’t marry her. She’s my friend.

YOUNG NALA
Yeah. It’d be too weird.

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.

ZAZU
Not so long as I’m around.

YOUNG SIMBA
In that case, you’re fired.

ZAZU
Nice try. But only the king can do that.

YOUNG NALA
Well, he is the future king.
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!

YOUNG SIMBA
Not the way I see it!

(#7 – I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO BE KING.)

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 I JUST
I Just Can’t WaitCAN'T
To Be King

SCRIPT
WAIT TO BE KING 07
(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA exit, and ZAZU

2
panics as we enter Young Simba’s imagination.)

#### C
&
1-2

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.

# # # # ENSEMBLE: ∑ ∑
3

& w w
Hem! Hem!

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

#### YOUNG SIMBA:

∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ‰ K
7

&
œ
I’m
#### (ENSEMBLE):
∑ w ∑
& w
Hem! Hem!

#### K K K
K K ‰ K
11

& K œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
gon - na be a migh - ty king, so

####
& Ó ∑
˙
Hem!

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 #### K K
K œ œK œK œ œK œ Œ Œ ¿
ZAZU:
SCRIPT
13

& ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
œ
e - ne - mies be - ware! I’ve ne - ver seen a

####
& Ó ∑ ˙ Ó
˙
Hem! Hem!

#### K K K K
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Œ ‰ œK
16 YOUNG SIMBA:
& ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
king of beasts with quite so lit - tle hair! I’m

####
& ∑ ˙ Ó ∑
Hem!

#### K K K
K K œ ‰ K
19

& K œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ
gon - na be the mane e - vent like

####
& Ó ∑
˙
Hem!

#### K K K
K Œ Œ ‰ K
21

& œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ
no king was be - fore. I’m

####
& Ó ∑
˙
Hem!

32 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 #### K K K ‰ œK
K

SCRIPT
23

& nœ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
brush - ing up on look - ing down. I’m

#### Ó ∑
& ˙
Hem!

#### K
n œ œ œK œ œ
ZAZU:

œ Œ Œ ¿
25

& ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
work - ing on my roar! Thus far a ra - ther

####
& ˙ Ó ∑ ∑
Hem!

#### K K
YOUNG SIMBA:
Œ Ó Ó K
28

& ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ œ œ.
un - in - spir - ing thing. Oh, I

####
& ∑ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

ZAZU: You’ve rather a

long way to go, young Simba,
####
(YOUNG SIMBA):

n ˙ œ œ œÔ ‰ Œ œK œ . ˙
if you think—
Ó ∑ ∑
31

&
just can’t wait to be king!

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SCRIPT
ZAZU: When
YOUNG SIMBA,
####
I said that I—

K
ENSEMBLE 2:
Ó œ Ó
36

& œ œ œ œ.
œ
No one say - ing “Do this!”

ZAZU: What I meant

YOUNG NALA,
#### Ó
was that the—
K
ENSEMBLE 1:

œ. Œ
38

& œ œ œ œ œ
œ
No one say - ing “Be there!”

ZAZU: What you don’t

YOUNG SIMBA,
####
realize is that sometimes—

K
ENSEMBLE 2:
Ó œ. œ Ó
40

& œ œ œ
œ
No one say - ing “Stop that!”

#### ZAZU:
K
∑ Ó Œ ¿ ¿. ¿ ¿ Œ
42

&
Now, see here!
YOUNG NALA,

####
œ . œK ˙
ENSEMBLE 1:

& Ó ∑
œ œ œ œ
No one say - ing “See here!”
YOUNG SIMBA,

####
ENSEMBLE 2:

& Ó
œ œ œ œ œ . œK ˙ ∑
No one say - ing “See here!”

34 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 ####
ZAZU: That’s definitely out!

SCRIPT
ALL:

œ Œ Ó ∑
45

& œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ
Free to run a - round all day.

#### K K
49
YOUNG SIMBA:

& nœ œ œ œ. ˙ œ œ.
Free to do it all my

(The ENSEMBLE enters as dancing TRICKSTERS!)

# # # # (YOUNG SIMBA):
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ b
51

& w
way!

# # # # ENSEMBLE:
& ∑ ∑ ∑ w b
w w w
Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem!

15
&b
58-72

YOUNG SIMBA,

K
ENSEMBLE 2:
&b Ó œ. œ Ó
73

œ œ œ œ
Ev - ’ry - bo - dy look left!
YOUNG NALA,

K
ENSEMBLE 1:

&b Ó œ. œ Ó
75

œ œ œ œ
Ev - ’ry - bo - dy look right!

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 K
YOUNG SIMBA:
SCRIPT

&b Ó œ.
77

œ œ œ œ œ ˙
Ev - ’ry - where you look I’m

YOUNG NALA,

œ . œK ˙
ZAZU:
œ
ENSEMBLE 1: ALL:

&b Ó ¿ Œ ¿
79

œ œ œ œ
stand - ing in the spot - light! Not yet! Let

YOUNG SIMBA,

&b Ó œ . œK ˙ Ó Œ
ENSEMBLE 2:

œ œ œ œ œ
Stand - ing in the spot - light! Let

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w Ó Œ œ
82

ev - ’ry crea - ture go for broke and sing. Let’s

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w Ó Œ
œ
ev - ’ry crea - ture go for broke and sing. Let’s

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w
86

hear it in the herd and on the wing.

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w
hear it in the herd and on the wing.

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 &b Ó Œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœ œ w

SCRIPT
89

It’s gon - na be King Sim - ba’s fin - est fling!

&b Ó Œ
œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœ œ w
It’s gon - na be King Sim - ba’s fin - est fling!

œ ‰ Œ œK
YOUNG SIMBA:

&b Ó K b˙
93

œ œ. œ œ Ô œ. w
Oh, I just can’t wait to be king!

œ ‰ Œ œK œ .
ALL:

&b Ó K b˙
97

œ œ. œ œ Ô w
Oh, he just can’t wait to be king!

YOUNG SIMBA:

& b Ó œK œ . b ˙
101

œœ w w w
Oh, I just can’t wait
ALL:

&b ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ œ œ ww
Just can’t wait

K
(ALL):

& b Ó œ œ . www www www

106

∑
to be king!

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 (YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA escape as the ENSEMBLE
SCRIPT
exits, leaving ZAZU alone onstage.)

ZAZU
Simba! Nala! Oh, you’re a royal pain in the tail feathers!

SCENE SIX: THE ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD

(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA enter, laughing. This is a creepy
place, but they don’t notice.)

YOUNG SIMBA
All right!

YOUNG NALA
Looks like we lost Zazu!!
YOUNG SIMBA
I am a genius!

YOUNG NALA
Hey, genius − it was my idea!

YOUNG SIMBA
Yeah, but I pulled it off!

YOUNG NALA
Oh yeah?!

(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.)

YOUNG NALA
Pinned ya!
YOUNG SIMBA
Hey, let me up!

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

YOUNG NALA
Pinned ya again!

(#8 – ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD.)

YOUNG SIMBA
(finally noticing their surroundings)
This is it! We made it!

38 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 (A pile of huge, terrifying bones comes into view. The CUBS love it!)

SCRIPT
YOUNG NALA
It’s really creepy.

YOUNG SIMBA
Yeah. Isn’t it great?!

YOUNG NALA
We could get in big trouble!

(ZAZU swoops in.)

ZAZU
I know! That’s where I come in.

YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA

Zazu...

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!

HYENA VOICES
Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!!!

(YOUNG SIMBA is startled as three HYENAS slink out of hiding:

BANZAI, SHENZI, and ED.)

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.

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 SHENZI
SCRIPT
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.)

BANZAI
And that would make you...
YOUNG SIMBA
The future king!

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!

BANZAI
Slobbering?

SHENZI
Mangy?

(They growl and start to approach.)

BANZAI, SHENZI
And stupid?!?

ED
Huh?

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

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 BANZAI

SCRIPT
(grabs ZAZU)
Not so fast, food.

SHENZI
How about some takeout?
(circling YOUNG NALA)
Make mine a cub sandwich!

BANZAI
Time to chow down.

SHENZI
Heads or tails?

ED
Yum yum yum yum yum...
YOUNG NALA
Simba!

(Trying to protect YOUNG NALA, YOUNG SIMBA musters all his

courage and tries to roar.)

YOUNG SIMBA
Rr-rr...

(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!

(YOUNG SIMBA’s tiny attempt is replaced by a deafening roar as

MUFASA enters.)

MUFASA
Roar! Roar!!!

SHENZI, BANZAI
(variously)
Stop! Please! We’re sorry!

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 MUFASA
SCRIPT
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.)

YOUNG SIMBA
Dad, I—

MUFASA
You deliberately disobeyed me!

YOUNG SIMBA
Dad, I’m... I’m sorry.

MUFASA
Let’s go home.

(MUFASA exits, with ZAZU behind him. YOUNG SIMBA follows,

embarrassed, with YOUNG NALA.)

YOUNG NALA
(to YOUNG SIMBA)
I thought you were very brave.

(Once the lions have gone, SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED emerge, licking
their wounds.)

BANZAI
That lousy Mufasa.

42 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 SHENZI

SCRIPT
If it weren’t for those pushy lions, we’d be running the joint!

ED
Hee-hee-hee....

(#9 – 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.

BANZAI
Yeah, you know – like Mufasa.

SHENZI
Oh, I just hear that name and I shudder.

BANZAI
Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa...

(SHENZI shudders as BANZAI and ED laugh uncontrollably.)

SCAR
I’m surrounded by idiots.

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

SHENZI, BANZAI
Did’ja-did’ja-did’ja?

SCAR
I don’t think you really deserve this. I practically gift-wrapped those
cubs for you!

(SCAR tosses his carrion to the HYENAS, who dive in and eat
voraciously, speaking with their mouths full.)

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 SHENZI
SCRIPT
Well, ya know, it wasn’t like they were exactly alone, Scar.

BANZAI
Yeah, what were we supposed to do, kill Mufasa?

SCAR
Precisely.

(#10 – BE PREPARED.)

BePREPARED
BE Prepared 10
(SCAR approaches ED, SHENZI, and BANZAI. During the song,
more HYENAS enter.)

Œ ‰ ¿K ¿ K K
Freely

& 44 Ó
SCAR:

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
I ne - ver thought hy - e - nas es -

&¿ ¿ Œ Œ ‰ ¿K
3

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
sen - tial; you’re crude and un - speak - a - bly

K
&¿ Œ Œ ‰ ¿ ¿
5

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
plain. But may - be you’ve a glim - mer of po -

K
& ¿ ¿ Œ ‰¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
7

ten - tial if al - lied with my vi - sion and brain.

A Tempo

Œ ‰ œK ˙ Œ ‰ œK ˙ Œ ‰ œK ˙
HYENAS:
∑
10

& œ ˙
œ ˙ œ ˙ >
> >
Hem hem hem

44 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 & Ó Œ ‰ K
SCAR:

SCRIPT
K
14

K
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
I know that your pow’rs of re -

& Œ ‰ œK ˙ ∑
œ ˙
>
hem.
0 (SCAR):
Œ ‰ ‰
16

& œ
3

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ten - tion are as wet as a wart - hog’s back -

Œ Œ ‰ K ‰
18

& œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ ¿ ¿
side. But thick as you are, pay at -

& ¿ Œ Œ ‰ œK ‰ Œ Œ ‰ K
20
3

¿ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ten - tion! My words are a mat - ter of pride. It’s

(SCAR):
Œ ‰ K
23

& bœ
3

œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ
clear from your va - cant ex - pres - sions the

HYENAS:
>œ ˙ K‰ ‰ ‰
& Œ ‰ ì Œ œ œ œ
> > >
Í Ooo hah hah hah.

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 Œ Œ ‰ K
SCRIPT
25

& bœ
3

œ œ œ œ œ nœ
œ
lights are not all on up - stairs. But
>œ ˙ K
& Œ ‰ ì Œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰
> > >
Í Ooo hah hah hah.

K œ. Œ
27

& œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
we’re talk - ing kings and suc - ces - sions; e - ven

> > > >œ >œ >

& Œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ Œ ‰ ‰ œ ‰
ì ì
Hah hah hah hah hah hah

Œ Ó
29

&œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
you can’t be caught un - a - wares!
SCAR,
>œ HYENAS:

&ì ‰ Œ Ó Ó Œ
œ œ
Let’s pre -
hah!

(SCAR,
HYENAS):

Œ
31

&œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
pare for the chance of a life - time. Be pre -

46 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 Œ ‰ œK

SCRIPT
33 3

&œ
3

œ œ œ œ œ ˙
pared for sen - sa - tion - al news. A

∑ Ó Œ ‰ ¿ì
35 SHENZI:
&
(SCAR, And

K
HYENAS):

&œ œ œ œ œ œ K œ œ œ œ œK ‰
œ œ
shin - ing new e - ra is tip - toe - ing near - er.

&¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ œK
37 (SHENZI): SCAR:

ì
where do we fea - ture? Just lis - ten to teach - er! I

K K œ K
39
(SCAR):

& œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
know it sounds sor - did, but you’ll be re - ward-ed when at

K ‰ K ‰ K ‰ K‰ K ‰ K‰ K‰ K‰
HYENAS:

& œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
. . . . . . . .
Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah

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 Œ Œ
SCRIPT
41 3 3

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
last I am giv - en my dues and in -

K‰ K‰ K‰ K‰ K‰ K‰ K‰ K‰
& œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ
# œ. œ. œ. œ. . . . .
hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah

K K Œ œ #œ w
43

&œ œ
3

œ œ œ œ œ
jus - tice de - li - cious - ly squared. Be pre - pared!
K K K K
& œ ‰ œœ ‰
œ œ ‰ œ ‰ # œK ‰ Œ œœ # œœ ww
. . œ. œ. œ.
hah hah hah hah hah! Be pre - pared!

BANZAI: Yeah! Be prepared. We’ll be prepared! (confused) For what?

SCAR: For the death of the king.
BANZAI: Is he sick?
SCAR: No, fool! We are going to kill him. And Simba, too.
SHENZI: Great idea! Who needs a king?
SHENZI, BANZAI: (chanting) No king, no king! La la la la la la!
SCAR: Idiots! There will be a king!
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!!
46

∑ 11
&

48 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 SCAR,

SCRIPT
HYENAS:

& Ó Œ œ. œ œ. œ. ‰ œ.K œ œ.
58

œ. œ. . .
So pre - pare for the coup of the cen -

K
SCAR:

& Ó Œ Œ Œ ‰
60 3 3

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Be pre - pared for the murki-est scam. Me-

& ‰ œK Œ Ó ‰ K‰ KŒ
(HYENAS):

. ww œœ œ. œœ. œœ.
œ
- t’ry.
>
Ooo la la la.
63
K K œ œ œ œ œK K
&œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ti - cu - lous plan - ning, te - na - ci - ty span - ning, de -

&Œ ‰ K
œ œ œ œ ‰ K
œ œ œ
We’ll have food, lots of

65
K K œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œK
&œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
cades of de - ni - al is sim - ply why I’ll be

&œ ‰ K œ ‰ œK œ œœ
œ œ œ œ œ
food! We re - peat: end - less

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SCRIPT
67 3 3

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
3 3

œ œ œ œ
king un - dis - put - ed, re - spec - ted, sa - lut - ed, and

& w ww
w
meat!

œ œ œ Œ Œ
69 3

& œ œ œ œ œ œ
seen for the won - der I am. Yes, my

K‰ K‰ K ‰
& w œœ œœ œœ œœ
#w . .
Hah hah

Œ œ #œ w
71 3 3

&œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
teeth and am - bi - tions are bared. Be pre - pared!

K ‰ K‰ K K ‰ œK ‰ Œ œ œ ww
œ
&œ œœ œœ ‰ œœ œ. œ #œ
. . . .
hah hah hah hah hah. Be pre - pared!

& Ó Œ Œ
74

œ #œ
3 3

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Yes, our teeth and am - bi - tions are bared. Be pre -

& Ó Œ Œ œ # œœ
3 3

œ œ œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ œ
Yes, our teeth and am - bi - tions are bared. Be pre -

50 Disney’s The Lion King JR.

 SCRIPT
(A cacophony of hyena laughter as ALL exit.)

3
&w
77

pared!

3
& ww
pared!

SCENE SEVEN: THE PRIDELANDS

(#11 – NIGHTFALL. Night has fallen. MUFASA walks ahead of
ZAZU, YOUNG NALA, and a dejected YOUNG SIMBA.)

MUFASA
Zazu!

ZAZU
Yes, Sire?

MUFASA
Take Nala home. I’ve got to teach my son a lesson.

ZAZU
Come, Nala.

YOUNG NALA
Simba... Good luck.

(ZAZU and YOUNG NALA exit. RAFIKI enters and watches from a
distance.)

MUFASA
Simba, I’m very disappointed in you.

YOUNG SIMBA
I know.

MUFASA
I told you not to go there. You and Nala could have been killed!

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 YOUNG SIMBA
SCRIPT
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.

MUFASA
I was today.

YOUNG SIMBA
You were?

MUFASA
Yes. I thought I might lose you.
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. #12 – THEY LIVE

IN YOU.)

They
THEYLive InIN
LIVE YOU 12
You
YOUNG SIMBA: Dad?
MUFASA: What?
YOUNG SIMBA: We’re pals, right?
MUFASA: Right.

4
YOUNG SIMBA: And we’ll always be together. Right?
# 4
& 4
1-4

RAFIKI,

# Œ The Lion King JR. Œ

ENSEMBLE:

œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
5
52&Disney’s
> > . > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma-ba - la.
 MUFASA: Right.

4
YOUNG SIMBA: And we’ll always be together. Right?
#
& 44
1-4

RAFIKI,

SCRIPT
#
ENSEMBLE:

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
5

& .
> > > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma-ba - la.

# Œ
œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
7

&
> > > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma -ba - la.

# Ó Œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ Œ Ó ‰ œK œ œ
MUFASA:

& œ Œ Ó
9

.
Night and the spi - rit of life call - ing:

# (MUFASA):
∑ Ó ‰ K Œ Ó Ó Œ
13

& œ œ œ
œ œ œ
RAFIKI, Ma - me - la. And a

# K Œ K Œ
ENSEMBLE:

& ‰ œ ∑ ‰ œ ∑
œ. . œ. > œ. œ. . œ. > œ.
Oh oh i - yo. Oh oh i - yo.

# Ó Œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ Œ Ó ‰ œK œ œ
(MUFASA):

œ Œ Ó
17

&
voice with the fear of a child ask - ing:

# (MUFASA): K
& œK ‰ Œ Ó Œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œK ‰ Œ Ó
21

Oh, ma - me - la.
RAFIKI,
# ENSEMBLE:
‰ K Œ ∑ ‰ K Œ
& œ
œ. . œ. > œ. œ
œ. . œ. > œ.
Oh oh i - yo. Oh oh i - yo.

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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.
 ‰ K Œ ∑ ‰ K Œ
& œ
œ. . œ. > œ. œ
œ. . œ. > œ.
Oh oh i - yo. Oh oh i - yo.

MUFASA: Simba, let me tell you something my father told me.

SCRIPT
Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us

5
from those stars.

#
&
24-28

#
MUFASA:
œ Œ Ó Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ
29 3

&
3

Wait, there’s no moun - tain too great.

RAFIKI,

# Œ œ
ENSEMBLE:

& œ œ œ Œ Ó ∑
Wait, wait, wait, wait…

#
Ó Œ œ Œ
32 3

& œ œ. œ œ œ œ.
Hear these words and have faith.

# ∑ ‰ œK œ Œ
& œ. . œ. > .
Oh oh i - yo.

# Ó
œ œœ œ Œ Ó Ó ‰ œK œ
34

&
Oh oh oh, have faith.

# ∑ ‰ K Œ ∑
& œ
œ. . œ. > œ.
Oh oh i - yo.

MUFASA: So whenever you feel alone, just remember that

4
those kings will always be there to guide you. And so will I.

#
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37-40
 # ∑ ‰ K Œ ∑
& œ
œ. . œ. > œ.
Oh oh i - yo.

MUFASA: So whenever you feel alone, just remember that

SCRIPT
4
those kings will always be there to guide you. And so will I.
#
&
37-40

# ‰ K K‰ K
ENSEMBLE 1:

œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ ‰ œ œK ‰ œ œ œ . œ œ
41

&
> . > > . > . > > .
He - la, hem ma - me - la. He - la, hem ma - me - la.

# > K
ENSEMBLE 2:

& ∑ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ. œ œ
Ô . > > .
He - la, hem ma - me - la.

#
∑ Œ ‰ œ œ œ œ
43 MUFASA: 3

& Ô
They live in you.

#
‰ œK œK ‰ œ œ œ . œ œ ‰ œK œK ‰ Ó
(ENSEMBLE 1):

&
> . > > . > .
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# ‰ >œ K ‰ > K
(ENSEMBLE 2):

œ . œ ‰ œ ‰ Ó
& Ô œ. >œ œ > œ. Ô œ.
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# (MUFASA):
∑ Œ ‰ œ œ œ œ
45 3

& Ô
RAFIKI, They live in me.

#
‰ œK œK ‰ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
ENSEMBLE:

& œ . œ
> . œ œ > œ > œ.
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.
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# œ
∑ Œ ‰ œ œ œ
47

&
 # ‰ >œ K ‰ œ . œ ‰
> K
œ œ ‰ Ó
& Ô œ. >œ œ > œ. Ô .
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

#
SCRIPT
(MUFASA):
∑ Œ ‰ œ œ œ œ
45 3

& Ô
RAFIKI, They live in me.

#
‰ œK œK ‰ K K‰ Ó
ENSEMBLE:

& . ‰
> . œ œ >œ œ œ œ œ
> .
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# œ
∑ Œ ‰ œ œ œ
47

& Ô
They’re watch - ing o -

#
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ . œ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
> œ. >œ œ > œ > œ.
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

#
œ œ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ
49 3

&
3

- ver ev - ’ry thing we see.

# ‰ K K‰ K
& œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ ‰ œ œK ‰ Ó
> . > > > .
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# œ
∑ Œ œ œ œ
51

&
In ev - ’ry crea -

#
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ. œ œ ‰ œK œK ‰ Ó
> .œ œ œ > > .
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

#
œ œ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ
53

&
56 - ture,
Disney’s The Lion King JR. in ev - ’ry star,

#
‰ œK œK ‰ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
& œ œ œ. œ œ œ
 #
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ. œ œ ‰ œK œK ‰ Ó
> .œ œ œ > > .
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

#
œ œ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ

SCRIPT
53

&
- ture, in ev - ’ry star,

# ‰ K K‰
& œ œ œ. œ œ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
> . œ œ > > œ.
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# ∑ Œ œ œ œ œ œ
55

&
in your re - flec -

#
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ. œ œ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
> .œ œ œ > > œ.
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# K K
(MUFASA):

œ œ. Ó Œ ‰
57

& œ œ œ œ
- tion, they live in you.

(YOUNG SIMBA hugs MUFASA as they exit.

RAFIKI exits in the other direction.)

# Œ
ENSEMBLE:

œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
59

&
> > > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma-ba - la.

# Œ
œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
61

&
> > > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma-ba - la.

# Œ
(vocal dim. to end)

œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
63

&
> > > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma-ba - la.

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œ œ œ . œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ . œœ
65

&
> > > > > .
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma - ba - la.
 # Œ
œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
61

&
> > > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma-ba - la.
SCRIPT
#
(vocal dim. to end)

Œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ
63

& .
> > > > >
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma-ba - la.

#
Œ œ œ œ . œ œ. Œ œ œ œ œ œ . œœ Œ ∑
65

&
> > > > > .
I - ngo - nya - ma ne - ngwe ’na - ma - ba - la.

SCENE EIGHT: THE GORGE

(#13 – 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.

YOUNG SIMBA
What is it?

SCAR
If I told you, it wouldn’t be a surprise now, would it?

YOUNG SIMBA
Come on, Uncle Scar...

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.

YOUNG SIMBA
I’ll go with you!

SCAR
(abruptly)
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.

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 YOUNG SIMBA

SCRIPT
You know about that?

SCAR
Simba − everyone knows about that.

YOUNG SIMBA
Really?!?

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?

SCAR
Simba, it’s to die for.

(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!

SHENZI
No! Not yet.

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.)

YOUNG SIMBA
Rrroarr!
(louder)
Rrroarrrrrrrr!

(#14 – THE STAMPEDE.)

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 The
THE Stampede
STAMPEDE 14
SCRIPT

(YOUNG SIMBA’s roar echoes off the canyon walls. He hears a

rumbling – the thundering of hundreds of wildebeest hooves.)

# 4 ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙.
ENSEMBLE:
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
1

& 4
Ee

f
5
# ˙. ¿ w w
&

p f Í ·. ·
# Ó ¿
· Ô ‰
8

&
hoo wuh - ah

(WILDEBEEST enter the gorge, running directly

toward YOUNG SIMBA. He runs for his life.)

# 3 ENSEMBLE 1:

& Ó Œ ‰nœ œ
3

11-13
Yo - na

# 3 ENSEMBLE 2:

& Ó Œ ‰nœ œ
3

Yo - na

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 # ‰ œ œ nœ œ œ ‰ œ œ

SCRIPT
15

&
3 3 3 3

nœ œ œ œ œ
yo - na yo - na! Yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na

# ‰ œ œ nœ œ œ ‰ œ œ
&
3 3 3 3

nœ œ œ œ œ
yo - na yo - na! Yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na

# ‰ œ œ
17 3

& nœ œ œ œ œ œ
3 3 3

nœ œ œ œ
yo - na yo - na yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na

#
& nœ œ œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ œK ‰ ‰ œ œ
3 3 3 3

yo - na yo - na yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na

#
3 3

‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ
3 3

œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ nœ
19

&
yo - na yo - na! Yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na

# ‰ œ œ nœ œ œ ‰ œ œ
&
3 3 3 3

nœ œ œ œ œ
yo - na yo - na! Yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na

#
3 3

œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ
21 3

&
yo - na yo - na yo - na yo - na yo - na!

#
n œ œ œ œK ‰ Œ
3

& nœ œ œ œ œ œ
3 3

yo - na yo - na yo - na yo - na yo na!

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 portamento
SCRIPT

# œ
ENSEMBLE:
œ œ œ œ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ
23

&
3

3
3
Yo yo yo yo yo!

portamento

# œ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 2 44
¿¿¿Œ ·. Ô‰ 4 ∑
25

&
3

3
3
Yo! Oh wah!

(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 SIMBA) Simba!

# 4 7
32
& 4
28-34

(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.)
35
# 3 ENSEMBLE:

& 2 #œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ #œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ
Yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na yo - na yo - na!

#
œ #œ œ œ œ œ C
37

& #œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ
Yo - na yo - na yo - na! Yo - na yo - na yo - na!

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 SCRIPT
(Out of YOUNG SIMBA's view, (SCAR enters and looks down
MUFASA makes a valiant leap at MUFASA, who clings for his life.)
up to a ledge and digs in his claws.)
# C #˙. #œ #˙ Œ œ œ Œ# œ Œ
#˙ #œ Œ
39

& ‹˙ #˙
Ba - ba wa mi ba - ba wa mi ba - ba

MUFASA: Scar! Brother – help me!

(SCAR digs his claws into MUFASA’s forelegs.)

#
SCAR: (whispers) Long live the king.

Ó ∑ 43
44

& #˙
wam.

(SCAR releases his grip. MUFASA falls, disappearing beneath the

river of WILDEBEEST.)

5
MUFASA: Aaaaaaah!
# 3 n C
∑ 43
46

& 4
(The gorge is now empty of WILDEBEEST. YOUNG SIMBA runs in
and searches for his father.)
YOUNG SIMBA: Dad! (Dust clears, revealing the form of

2
MUFASA.) Dad.

& 43 42 ∑ 43
52-53

(YOUNG SIMBA): (rushes to the royal symbol 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!
5
& 43 44
55-59

(YOUNG SIMBA starts to sob and lies down beside MUFASA. SCAR enters.)
SCAR: Simba. What have you done?
YOUNG SIMBA: There were wildebeest... And he tried to save me... It
was an accident. I didn’t mean for—
5
& 44 ∑
60

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still be alive. Oh, what will your mother think?

4
YOUNG SIMBA: (guilty panic) What am I gonna do?
 was an accident. I didn’t mean for—
5
& 44 ∑
60

SCAR: Of course. Of course you didn’t. No one ever means for these
SCRIPT
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?

4
YOUNG SIMBA: (guilty panic) What am I gonna do?

& 43
66-69

SCAR: Run! Run away, Simba. Run away and never return. (YOUNG
SIMBA gives his father a final hug, then runs off. SHENZI, BANZAI, and

4
ED enter.) Kill him.

& 43
70-73

(SCAR exits. The HYENAS look out in the distance toward YOUNG
SIMBA.)

SHENZI
Hey! There he goes!

BANZAI
So go get him.

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

BANZAI
I ain’t going out there! Ed?

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. #15 – THE MOURNING.)

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 TheMOURNING
THE Mourning 15

SCRIPT
(RAFIKI appears. The LIONESSES enter to mourn the loss of their king.
During the following, SARABI mourns her lost child and partner,

2
and YOUNG NALA mourns her friend. RAFIKI attempts to comfort them.)

& b 44
1-2

SARABI,
YOUNG NALA:

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
3

> > > > . 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
4

> > > > . œ.

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

SARABI, YOUNG NALA,

RAFIKI:

&b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
5

> > > > . œ.

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

&b
6

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, ha.

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 SARABI, YOUNG NALA,
SCRIPT
RAFIKI, LIONESSES:

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
7

> > > > . œœ.

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

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.
(optional unpitched chant)

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
8

> > > > . œœ.

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

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
9

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

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
10

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

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.

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 SCRIPT
(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.)
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.)
10
&b
11-20

&b
LIONESSES:
r r r r
21

¿≈≈ ¿ ‰ ¿ ≈≈¿ ≈≈ ¿ ¿ ¿≈≈ ¿ ‰ ¿ ≈≈¿ ≈≈ ¿ ¿

Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.
(optional unpitched chant)

LIONESSES 1:

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
23

> > > > . œœ.

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

K
HYENAS:

&b Œ ‰ œ ˙
Hem!
LIONESSES 2:

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.

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 & b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
24

œœ.
SCRIPT

> > > > .

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

K
&b Œ ‰ œ ˙
Hem!

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.

& b œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ
25

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

K
&b Œ ‰ œ ˙
Hem!

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.

(The LIONESSES and HYENAS exit,

followed by RAFIKI.)

& b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
26

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

K
&b Œ ‰ œ ˙
Hem!

&b ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ‰ r r
¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ≈ ≈ ¿ ¿
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.

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SCENE NINE: THE DESERT & THE JUNGLE

SCRIPT
(#16 – 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.)

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 kidding?? You’re talking about a lion! A lion could eat
us for LUNCH!

PUMBAA
But he’s so little.

TIMON
He’s gonna get bigger!

PUMBAA
Maybe he’ll be on our side!

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?

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(disoriented, getting up)
I... guess so.

(A dejected YOUNG SIMBA starts to leave.)

TIMON
Hey, where ya goin’?

YOUNG SIMBA
Nowhere.

TIMON
Gee. He looks blue.

PUMBAA
I’d say brownish-gold.
TIMON
No, no, no. I mean he’s depressed.

PUMBAA
Oh.
(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 are we!
PUMBAA
Whad’ja do, kid?
YOUNG SIMBA
Something terrible. But I don’t want to talk about it.

PUMBAA
Anything we can do?

YOUNG SIMBA
Not unless you can change the past.

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 PUMBAA

SCRIPT
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.

PUMBAA
Oh.

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

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.

17
YOUNG SIMBA
What?

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

(#17 – HAKUNA MATATA – PART 1.)

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Ó‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó Œ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ · Ó
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&
3

Ô
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta, what a won-der-ful phrase!

# Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Ó
PUMBAA:
A Tempo

œ œ bœ œ œ w
5

&
3

Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta, ain’t no pass-ing craze!

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TIMON:

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It means no wor - ries for the rest of your days.

# œœ œœ K
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& Ô
It’s our pro - blem - free

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15

&
phi - los - o - phy:

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Œ œ œ œ œ ˙. ∑
17

&
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…

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TIMON:

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Why, when he was a young wart - hog.

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PUMBAA:

∑ ∑ Ó Œ œ
(operatically)
&
When

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When

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&
Ve - ry nice. He

# nœ œ œ œ œ ˙.
& Œ Ó ¿ Œ
I was a young wart - hog! Thanks.

A Tempo
34
# (TIMON):

& nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
found his a - ro - ma lacked a cer - tain ap - peal. He could

#
(TIMON):

œ œ œœœœ œ œ œ œ œœ Œ ∑
36

&
clear the sa - van-na af - ter ev - ’ry meal!

# ∑ Ó Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ
PUMBAA:
&
I’m a sen - si - tive soul,

#
(PUMBAA):

Œ œ œ œ Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Œ ¿ ¿
39

& œ ˙
though I seem thick - skinned. And it hurt that my

(Pumbaa’s aroma
# ¿ causes plants to wilt.)
Œ ¿ ¿¿ ¿
w
42

& œ œ œ œ
friends ne - ver stood down - wind! And, oh, the

# Ó
TIMON: 3

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
45

&
He was a - shamed!

#
(PUMBAA):

& ¿ Œ Ó Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
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shame! Thought of chang - in’ my

 & ¿ œ œ œ œ w Œ ¿ ¿¿ ¿
friends ne - ver stood down - wind! And, oh, the

# Ó
TIMON: 3

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
SCRIPT
45

&
He was a - shamed!

#
(PUMBAA):

& ¿ Œ Ó Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
shame! Thought of chang - in’ my

# ENSEMBLE: Œ
& ww ˙˙ ..
Ah…

# Œ Œ Ó
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
47

&
Oh, what’s in a name?

#
& ¿ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ
name! And I got down -

#
& ww ˙˙ .. Œ
Ah…

# Ó Œ Ó
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
49

&
How did you feel?

# K
& œ œ. Ó Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
heart - ed, ev - ry time that I—

#
& n ww ww
Ah…

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#
TIMON:

Œ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
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& ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
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& n ww ww
Ah…

PUMBAA: Oh. Sorry.

SCRIPT
#
TIMON:

Œ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
51 3

& ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
Pum - baa, not in front of the pa - rents!

# Œ‰ K b œ œ K Ó
ALL: 3

œ œ œ. Œœ œ œ bœ œ ˙ Ó
53

& œ
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta, what a won-der-ful phrase!

(As the plants recuperate, more green descends − they are now deep in the
jungle. YOUNG SIMBA joins in the song… his first step towards
accepting their lifestyle.)
# Œ ‰ K bœ œ K Ó
œ œ œ œœ
œ œ œ. ˙ Ó
57

& œ
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta, ain’t no pass -ing craze.

# YOUNG œ œ Ó œ œ œœœ
& Œ ‰ œÔ œ œ
SIMBA:

œ
61

œ
It means no wor - ries for the rest of your days!

TIMON: Sing it, kid!

# œœ œœ œœK œ œK ˙
ALL:

˙ Ó Ó Œ œœ
64

& œ œ ˙ ˙˙
It’s our pro - blem - free phi -

# œ
& œ œœ œœ ˙˙ Œ ‰ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ .. ˙˙
68

Ô Ô
los - o - phy: Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta!

TIMON: Welcome to our humble abode!

PUMBAA: Gee, I’m starved!

3 2
YOUNG SIMBA: I’m so hungry, I could eat a whole zebra!
#
&
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SCRIPT
Uh... we’re fresh out of zebra.

YOUNG SIMBA
Any antelope?

TIMON
No.

YOUNG SIMBA
Hippo?

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.

(TIMON picks up a big grub.)

YOUNG SIMBA
Ew. What’s that?

TIMON
A grub. What’s it look like?

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, takes the plump grub, then eats and reacts)
Okay, here goes... Hakuna matata… Slimy, yet satisfying!

TIMON
That’s it!

(#18 – HAKUNA MATATA – PART 2.)

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HAKUNA Matata(PART
MATATA (Part 2)
2)

SCRIPT
TIMON, PUMBAA,
# C Ó Œ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K
1 YOUNG SIMBA:

&
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

#
Œ ‰ ¿K
ENSEMBLE 1:

& C ∑ ∑ Ó
Ha -

(TIMON, PUMBAA, TIMON,

#
YOUNG SIMBA): PUMBAA:
K K K K
¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿
4

&
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

# (ENSEMBLE
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿K
1):

ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

# ∑ Ó
ENSEMBLE 2:
Œ ‰ ¿K
&
Ha -

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SCRIPT
(YOUNG SIMBA exits.)

‰ K ‰ K ‰ K ‰ K
6

& ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

# K K K K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

# K K K K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

#
(Time passes. An older SIMBA enters.)
K K #œ œ
SIMBA:

¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ Ôœ
8

&
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na! It means no

# K K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na!

# K K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na!

# œ œ. ˙ œ œ œ œ œ
(SIMBA):

œ w
10

& Ô œ
wor - ries for the rest of your days!

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SCRIPT
œ œ œ ˙ ˙˙
13

& Ô
It’s our pro - blem - free phi - los - o - phy:

TIMON, PUMBAA,

# Œ ‰ œK b b œœ œœ œ n œœ œ ˙ ..
17
ENSEMBLE 1:

& œ œ ˙
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta!
SIMBA,
#
‰ ¿K K K
ENSEMBLE 2:

& Ó Œ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

#
Œ ‰ œK b œœ œœ n œœ b œœ œœ ˙˙ ..
19

&
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta!

# K K K K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

# Œ ‰ œK b b œœ œœ œ n œœ œ ˙ ..
21

& œ œ ˙
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta!

# K K K K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

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23

&
Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta!

# K K K K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿
ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha - ku - na ma - ta - ta. Ha -

# K
∑ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ
25

& ¿ ¿
We say "Ha - ku - na!"

# K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ ∑
ku - na ma - ta - ta.

# Ó K
Œ ‰
27

& ¿
Ha -

# K
& ¿ ¿ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ
We say "Ma - ta - ta!"

#
¿ ¿ Œ Œ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ Œ Ó
28

&
ku - na! Ha - ku - na!

# Œ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ Œ Œ ‰ ¿K ¿ ¿ Œ
&
Ma ta - ta! Ma ta - ta!

# ALL: œ
& Œ œœ œ œœ Ó # œœ # œœ ∑ Ó Œ œ
30

Ha - ku - na ma - ta… ta!

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SCENE TEN: SCAR’S CAVE

SCRIPT
(#19 – KING SCAR. SCAR reclines, gnawing on a bone. A bedraggled
ZAZU perches nearby, speaking dramatically.)

ZAZU
(Shakespearean)
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to—

SCAR
Oh, Zazu − do lighten up. How about something a little less depressing!

ZAZU
(singing, 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.

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

BANZAI
Hey, boss!

SCAR
Oh, what is it?

BANZAI
We got a bone to pick with you.

SHENZI
There’s no food, no water―

BANZAI
Yeah. It’s dinner time, and there ain’t no stinkin’ entrees!

ED
(indicates empty stomach)
Uuuuuhhhhhh….

SCAR
Are you blaming me?!?

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Oh no, it’s the lionesses!

(An older NALA enters.)

NALA
Scar.

SCAR
Ah, Nala... your timing couldn’t be more perfect.

(SCAR paces and doesn’t listen to what NALA is saying.)

NALA
Scar, you have to do something. We’re being forced to overhunt.
(stares resentfully at SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED)
Control the hyenas – they’re destroying the Pridelands.

SCAR
Why would I, The King, take advice from you?

NALA
I’m not a kid anymore, Scar. Someone needs to take responsibility for
what is happening here.

SCAR
(dismissively)
Run along now.

NALA
We’ll find a way to stop you, Scar.

(NALA exits.)

SCAR
Nobody loved me. Not even as a cub. What did my brother have that I
don’t have?

ZAZU
Do you want the short list or the long?

(SCAR growls and exits, followed by ZAZU.)

SCENE ELEVEN: THE PRIDELANDS

(#20 – SHADOWLAND.)

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 SHADOWLAND

SCRIPT
Shadowland 20
(Forced to leave, NALA bids

4
farewell to the LIONESSES.)

& 44
LIONESSES:
K Œ
1-4
œœ .. œœ œœ
Fa - tshe

K K
œœ œœ Œ Œ
6

& œ. œœ .. œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
œ. . . . -
le - so le - a ha - la - le - la.

K ΠK
9

& œ. œœ œœ œœ .. œœ ˙˙
œ.
Fa - tshe le - so

NALA:
∑ ∑ Ó Œ
11

& œ œ
Sha - dow -

K
(LIONESSES):

& œœ .. œœ œœ Œ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ ˙˙ .. Œ
le - a ha - la - le - la.

Ó ‰ K
(NALA):
K
14

&w œ œ œ œ. œ ˙
land, the leaves have fal - len.

& Ó‰ K œ Ó ‰ K
17

œ w œ œ œ w
œ œ
This sha - dowed land, this was our home.

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21

œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙
The riv - er's dry, the ground has bro - ken.

& ˙ ‰ Kœ œ Ó ‰œ œ œ ‰ K .
25

w œ œœ ˙
œ
So I must go, now I must go.

& Ó ‰ K ‰ K ‰
29

K K K
œ. œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
And where the jour - ney may lead me, let your

&˙ œœ œ œ œœ œ ‰ K ‰ K
32

. K œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
prayers be my guide. I can - not stay here, my

‰
35

& œ K
œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ #œ
fa - mi - ly, but I'll re - mem - ber my

(NALA):
Œ Ó ∑ ∑ ∑
37

&
œ
pride.

K K K K
LIONESSES:

& œœ .. œœ œœ Œ œœ .. œœ œœ Œ œœ .. œœ œœ Œ œœ .. œœ ˙˙
Pride - land, my land, tear - stained, dry land.

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(LIONESSES):

SCRIPT
K K
& œœ .. œœ œœ Œ œœ .. œœ œœ Œ œœ .. œœ œœ œœ .. œœ œœ
41

Take this with you, fa - tshe le - so.

(RAFIKI enters. As NALA begins

3
her long journey, RAFIKI blesses her.)
K
NALA:

& Ó ‰ œ œ œ
45-47

And where the

3
LIONESSES,

Ó
RAFIKI:
‰ K œ
& œ œ
œ œ œ
And where the

& œ . œÔ œ ‰ œÔ œ . œK œ Œ ‰ Ôœ œ œ . œ
49

Ô
jour - ney may lead me, let this

K K K K‰ œ œ
œ . œ œ ‰ œ œ . œ œœ œœ
& .
œ œ œ œ œ . œœ œœ œ œ ˙
jour - ney may lead you, let this prayer be your

&œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œÔ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
52 3

œ œ

K
prayer be my guide. Though it may take me so
K
& ˙˙ ‰ œK œ œ œ. œ œ ‰ œ
œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ
guide. Though it may take you so

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& Œ œ œœ œ Œ Œ œ . œ œÔ œ œ 42
SCRIPT
54

far a - way, I'll re - mem - ber my

& œœœ œ ‰ œK œ œ ˙ œ œ #œ 42
œœœ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ #œ
far a - way, al - ways re - mem - ber your…

& 42 œ Œ 44 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œK ‰
56 3

K
pride. Ngi - zo bu - ya - bo.

K K
& 42 ‰ œ œ œ 44 œ . œ œ ‰ œ
œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ
And where the jour - ney may

& ‰
œ œ œ œ œ œK ‰ ‰ Ôœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
58 3

Ô
Ngi - zo bu-ya - bo. I will re - turn, I

K K
& œœ .. œ œ ‰ œ œœ ˙ œ œœ œœ
œ œ œ
lead you, let this prayer be your

K œ œK ‰
& œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œœ œ ‰ œ œ œ
60

K
will re - turn. Be - so bo. Ngi - zo bu - ya - bo,

K K œ
& ˙˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ.
œ.
œ œ ‰
œ
œ œ œ œ œ
guide. Though it may take you so

Kœ œ ‰ Œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œŒ
‰
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I will re - turn. Ngi - zo bu - ya - bo.

 K K
& ˙˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ. œ œ ‰ œ
œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ
guide. Though it may take you so

Kœ œ ‰ Œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œŒ
‰ œ œ œ.

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62

&
I will re - turn. Ngi - zo bu - ya - bo.

& œœ œ œ œ ‰ œK œ œ ˙ œ œ # œ w
œœ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ #œ w
far a-way, -
always re - mem - ber your pride.

(The LIONESSES disperse.)

(NALA):

&w ‰
65

œ œ œ œ œ.
Oh, ngi - zo bu - ya - bo.

‰ K œ Ó Ó
œ . œK ˙
67

& œ
œ œœ œ œ
Be - so - bo, my peo - ple. Be - so - bo.

(NALA exits. RAFIKI exits in the other direction.)

SCENE TWELVE: THE JUNGLE

(#21 – 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!

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(restless)
No. Something’s not right here. Sorry, but we gotta move on.

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?

PUMBAA
Huh? Oh. Right!

SIMBA
Okay, then. Fine!

(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:)

PUMBAA
Timon?

TIMON
Yeah?

PUMBAA
Ever wonder what those sparkly dots up there are?

(#22 – UNDER THE STARS.)

TIMON
Pumbaa, I don’t wonder. I know.

PUMBAA
Oh. What are they?

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.

PUMBAA
Simba, what do you think?

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Well... I always thought­– I mean – never mind.

PUMBAA
Aw, c’mon. We told you ours.

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

PUMBAA
Really?

TIMON
(laughing it off)
Who told ya something like that?
SIMBA
(laughing sheepishly)
Pretty dumb, huh?

TIMON
Aw, you’re killin’ me!

(TIMON and PUMBAA keep laughing. SIMBA gets up and wanders

off.)

Was it something I said?

(PUMBAA and TIMON hear loud jungle night sounds.)

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.

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Yeah! Simba! Wait up!

(TIMON and PUMBAA exit. #23 – 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.)

SIMBA
Nala? Is it really you?

NALA
(standing up and backing away)
Who are you?

SIMBA
It’s me – Simba.

NALA
Simba...? Simba!

(SIMBA and NALA embrace.)

SIMBA
What are you doing here?

NALA
What do you mean what am I doing here? What are you doing here?

TIMON
Hey!!! What’s goin’ on here?!?

SIMBA
Timon, this is Nala. She’s my friend.

TIMON
Friend?

SIMBA
Yeah. Nala, this is Pumbaa.

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Pleased to make your acquaintance!

NALA
The pleasure’s all mine.

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?!?

SIMBA
Relax, Timon!

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

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!

(NALA bows in reverence. SIMBA is taken aback.)

TIMON
“King”? Pfffff! Lady, have you got your lions crossed!

NALA
No, he is the rightful king.
PUMBAA
The king!
(moves respectfully toward SIMBA and bows reverently)
Your Majesty...

SIMBA
Pumbaa, stop it.

TIMON
He’s not the king.
(to SIMBA)
Are ya?

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No.

NALA
Simba!

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 somebody!...

(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!

NALA
I’ve really missed you.

SIMBA
I’ve missed you, too.

(TIMON and PUMBAA spy on SIMBA and NALA, who exit.)

TIMON
I tell ya, Pumbaa, this stinks.

PUMBAA
(embarrassed)
Oh. Sorry.

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

PUMBAA
What’s wrong with that?

(#24 – CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT.)

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Can You LOVE
Feel TONIGHT
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I can see what’s hap - p’ning, and

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What?

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they don’t have a clue. They’ll

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fall in love and here’s the bot - tom line:

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5

& œ œ
Our tri - o’s down to two. The

#### ¿
Ó Œ ‰
PUMBAA:
& Ô
Oh.

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‰
6

& œ œ œ œ œ K
œ œ
sweet ca - ress of twi - light; there’s

####
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&
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9
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& 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ
man - tic at - mos - phere, dis - as - ter’s in the

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& 4 w
air.

#### œ
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13

& œ œ œ œ
Can you feel the love to - night,

#### ‰
œ Œ ‰ K
15

& K œ œ ˙
œ œ œ
the peace the eve - ’ning brings? The

#### ‰ K œ œœ œœ œ ‰ K
17

& œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
world, for once, in per - fect har - mo - ny with

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(SIMBA and NALA re-enter separately.)

∑ Ó Œ ‰ K
19 SIMBA:
&
œ
So

####
(ENSEMBLE):

& œ œ œ œ œ ˙. Œ
all its liv - ing things.

# # # # (SIMBA): ‰ K ‰ K
21

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#### œ œ ‰
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(SIMBA): 3

K œ
24

& œ œ œ œ. œ
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She’d turn a - way from me.

####
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NALA:
& K
œ
He’s

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25

& œ œ œ œ . œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
hold - ing back. He’s hid - ing. But what? I can’t de - cide. Why

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œ œ
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27

& 4 œ
3

œ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œ
won’t he be the king I know he is, the king I see in-

# # # # 4(NALA):
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& 4 ˙.
side?

#### 4 ENSEMBLE:
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& 4 œ œœ œ Œ
Can you feel the love to - night,

# # # # (ENSEMBLE):
‰ K œ Œ ‰ K
32

& œ œ ˙
œ œ œ
the peace the eve - ’ning brings? The

#### ‰ K œ œœ œœ œ ‰ K
34

& œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
world, for once, in per - fect har - mo - ny with

(From the Pridelands, RAFIKI enters

#### #### #
and cups her ear to hear a far-off melody.)

œ Œ #
36

& œ œ œ œ ˙.
all its liv - ing things.

#### # œ
& # œ œ œK ‰ œ œ œ Œ
38

œ œ œ
Can you feel the love to - night?

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& # K œœ
40

œ ˙˙
œ œ
You need - n’t look too far.

#### # œ œœ œ œ
& # œ ‰ K œ œ œ œ œ Œ
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#### # œ
(ENSEMBLE):

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love is where we are!

#### #
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œ w
œ
to - night in the way I do…

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50

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(SIMBA):

& # 4 œ ˙ ∑
52

just to be with you.

# # # # # NALA:
& # 46 œ œ ˙ Œ œ 44 w ∑
Just to be with you.

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away, energized.)

SIMBA
Isn’t this a great place?

NALA
It is beautiful.

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?

SIMBA
And leave paradise?

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

SIMBA
What?!?

NALA
Everything’s destroyed. There’s no food, no water. If we go back
together, we can do something about it.

SIMBA
I can’t go back.

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?!?

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No. Just disappointed.

SIMBA
You know, you’re beginning to sound like my father.

NALA
Good! At least one of us does!

(NALA exits. SIMBA paces.)

SIMBA
(to himself)
She’s wrong. I can’t go back. What would it prove, anyway? It won’t
change anything.

(SIMBA sits. The silence is interrupted by an odd little tune.)

RAFIKI
(entering)
TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA…
(dancing and taunting SIMBA)
TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA…

SIMBA
Will ya cut it out?

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—

SIMBA
Who are you?

RAFIKI
The question is: Who are you?

SIMBA
I thought I knew. Now I’m not so sure.

RAFIKI
I know who you are. You’re Mufasa’s boy.

SIMBA
You knew my father?

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Correction. I know your father.

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.)

(disappointed)
SIMBA
25
That’s not my father. It’s just my reflection.

RAFIKI
No... Look harder...

(#25 – HE LIVES IN YOU.)

He
HE Lives
LIVES In
IN You
YOU 25

4
(SIMBA looks deeply into the pool.)
# 4
& 4
1-4

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&
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# RAFIKI:
& œ Œ Ó Ó Œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ Œ Ó ‰ œK œ œ
9

.
Night and the spi - rit of life call - ing:

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(RAFIKI):
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13

&
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# RAFIKI: Ó Œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ Œ Ó ‰ œK œ

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#
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&
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# ENSEMBLE:
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& œ. œ œ œ œ. . œ. >œ œ.
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Oh oh i - yo. Oh oh i - yo.

# (RAFIKI):
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&
Ai - ya, ma- me - la.

# K Œ K Œ
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Oh oh i - yo. Oh oh i - yo.

#
(RAFIKI):

≈ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
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& œ œ
U - bu - kho - si bo kho - kho!

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œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ Œ
26

& œ œœ
We ndo - da - na ye si - zwe sonke!

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moun - tain too great. Hear these

# (RAFIKI):
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words and have faith. Oh oh

# ENSEMBLE:‰ K Œ ∑
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#
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oh, have faith.

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&
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# RAFIKI:
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37 3

& Ô
He lives in you.

#
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hem ma me - la, he la.

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&
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- ver ev - ’ry thing we see.

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& œ œ w
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(A vision of MUFASA appears.)
MUFASA: Simba…
SIMBA: Father?
MUFASA: Simba, you have forgotten me.
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œ œ. Ó Œ
51

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

11
true king.
#
&
54-64

(The vision of MUFASA fades.)

SIMBA: No! Wait! Don’t leave me! Please! Don’t leave me!

# 2
&
65-66

(The vision is gone. SIMBA is alone. RAFIKI approaches.)

RAFIKI: Hey bo! What was that? The weather. Most peculiar, eh?
SIMBA: Yeah. Looks like the winds are changing.
RAFIKI: Ah… change is good.
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.
SIMBA: Yeah, but it still hurts.
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.)

# . 2
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& .
67-68

RAFIKI: …You see? So what

are you going to do now?
SIMBA: (exiting) I’m going back!

3
RAFIKI: Good! Get out of here!
# ENSEMBLE 1:
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& Ô œ œ
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& Ô œ œ
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& Ô œ œ
Ai - yo.

# (ENSEMBLE 1):
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3

& Ô
He lives in me.

#
‰ œK K ‰ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
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He

# K K He watch - es o-
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& œ. >œ œ
> -
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> ma -me > - la.œ.
he
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# œ œ œKK œ
&# Œ œ œ œ K Œ
77

œ œ œ œK œ
& Œ œ œ œ œ Œ
77

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# He watch - es o - ver…

&# œ œ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ
3 3

œ Œ
& - œ ver Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ
3 3

ev - ’ry thing we see.

# - ‰ verK K ‰ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
ev - ’ry thing we see.

& # œK œ œ . œ
& ‰ He >œ . K ‰ œ> œ >œ . œ œ ‰ >œK œ.K ‰ Ó
> - laœ. œ > - la,œ
œ ma
> - me
hem > - la.œ.
he
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.
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œ œœ ˙ Œ

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79

& œ œœ œ œœ
Hi - ya, hi - ya, hi - yo.

# œ œ œ
& ∑ Œ œ
In - to the wat -

#
‰ œK K ‰ ‰ œK œK ‰ Ó
&
> œ. œ œ >œ . œ œ > .
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# ΠK
‰ œK œK œ œ œ œ. œ Œ
81

& Ô
In - to the wat - er…

#
& œ œ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ
- er, in - to the truth,

#
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ. œ œ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
> .œ œ œ > > œ.
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

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 # ‰ K œ K Œ
œ œ œ ˙
SCRIPT
83

& œ œœ œ œ œ
Hi - ya, hi - ya, hi - yo.

# œ œ œ œ œ
& ∑ Œ
in your re - flec -

#
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ. œ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
> œ. œ œ > œ
> > œ.
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# Œ ‰ œK œ
3

œ
œ œ œ ˙.
85

&
In your re - flec - tion…

# K
& œ œ. Ó Œ ‰ œK œ œ œ
- tion, he lives in you.

#
& ‰ œK œK ‰ œ. œ œ Œ ‰ œK œ œ œ
> . œ œ >
He - la
>
hem ma - me - la. He lives in you.

#
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∑
87

& w

#
(ENSEMBLE 2):

& ∑
w

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followed by NALA.)

NALA
Hey, Pumbaa! Timon!

PUMBAA, TIMON
(startled)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

NALA
It’s okay. It’s me, it’s me... Have you seen Simba?

PUMBAA
We thought he was with you.

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.)

TIMON
Who is that?!

NALA
I can’t believe it. Simba’s gone back to challenge Scar!

PUMBAA
Who’s got a scar?

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

NALA
Come on!

(NALA, TIMON, and PUMBAA exit. #26 – RETURN TO THE

PRIDELANDS.)

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SCENE THIRTEEN: 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.)

NALA
Simba!

SIMBA
Nala...

NALA
What made you come back?

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.)

TIMON
Count us in, too.

PUMBAA
At your service, my liege.

ED
(rousing)
Huh?

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?!?

SIMBA
Yes, Timon. This is my home.

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

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

NALA
Be careful.

(NALA exits as SIMBA sneaks around Pride Rock, hidden from view.)

TIMON
Create a distraction? What does he want us to do – perform a
showstopping musical number?

(ED, SHENZI and BANZAI rouse and approach. PUMBAA clears his
throat and looks at TIMON, then sings a capella, with no restraint.)

PUMBAA
I’M NEVER GOING BACK…

TIMON, PUMBAA
THE PAST IS IN THE PAST!!!

SHENZI, BANZAI
(snapping out of the trance)
Get ‘em!

TIMON, PUMBAA
Aaaaah!

(SHENZI, BANZAI, and ED chase TIMON and PUMBAA offstage.

SCAR enters with a pack of other HYENAS and climbs Pride Rock.)

SCAR
Sarabi!!!

(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.

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We’re not going anywhere.

SARABI
Then you are sentencing us to death.

SCAR
So be it.

(#27 – 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.)

SIMBA
No, Scar!

SARABI
Mufasa?

SCAR
Mufasa...? No! It can’t be. You’re dead!

SIMBA
No. It’s me, Mom.

SARABI
Simba...? You’re alive! How can that be?

SIMBA
(helping SARABI up)
It doesn’t matter. I’m home.

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.

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Simba, Simba, Simba, you must understand. The pressures of ruling a
kingdom—

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.

SCAR
Oh look... the cat came back.

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?

NALA
(to SIMBA)
What is he talking about?

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.

SIMBA
(pause, then)
I am.

SARABI
Tell me it’s not true!

SIMBA
It’s true.

SCAR
He admits it! Murderer!

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No! It was an accident.

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.

SCAR
Then you’re guilty!

SIMBA
No! I’m not a murderer.

(#28 – SCAR’S LAST STAND – PART 2. SCAR backs SIMBA into

the crowd of HYENAS. )

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.

SIMBA
Noooooo!

(SIMBA leaps up and puts his paws to his uncle’s throat.)

SCAR
No! Simba – please.

SIMBA
Tell them the truth.

(SIMBA tightens his grasp as SCAR gasps.)

SCAR
(to EVERYONE, loudly)
I killed Mufasa!

SIMBA
You’re the murderer!

SCAR
Have mercy. Please. I beg you.

SIMBA
You don’t deserve to live.

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truth.)

SCAR
(begging)
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.)

SIMBA
No, Scar. I’m not like you.

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.

BANZAI
Yeah. That’s what I heard.

SHENZI, BANZAI
Ed?

(ED laughs maniacally. The HYENAS chase SCAR offstage, gnashing

their teeth.)

SCAR
No! Let me explain! Nooooooooo!!!

(#29 – FINALE.)

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 Finale
FINALE 29
SCRIPT

(SARABI runs to SIMBA and embraces him. TIMON and

PUMBAA greet SIMBA and SARABI ceremonially. SARABI
steps aside as NALA approaches; the new king and queen embrace.
RAFIKI enters and honors SIMBA. ZAZU approaches.)
1
### 3 16
& 4
ZAZU: (bows) Your Majesty…
RAFIKI: It is time. MUFASA'S VOICE: Remember...
(SIMBA climbs Pride Rock as (SIMBA looks up at the sky and
roars. Herds of ANIMALS arrive.)
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king; ALL bow to him.)
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17

&

### 6
ALL:

& 8 œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ ‰ œœ œ œœ œ œ ‰
20

- > œ œ - œ > œ œ œœ
Bu - sa le li - zwe bo, bu - sa le li - zwe bo,

###
œœ œ œœ œ ‰ ‰.
22

& œœ œœ œœ K
- œ > œ œœ œœ œœ œœ ..
bu - sa le li - zwe bo,
-
bu - sa lom - hla - ba.

###
œœ œ œœ œ œ ‰ œœ œ œœ œ œ ‰
24

&
- œ > œ œ œœ - œ > œ œ œœ
Bu - sa ngo than - do bo, bu - sa ngo than - do bo,

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9 K ‰.

SCRIPT
œœ œ œœ œ œ ‰
26

& œœ œœ œœ
- œ > œ œ œœ œœ œœ ..
bu - sa ngo than - do bo,
-
bu - sa lom - hla - ba.

###
‰ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
28

& œ œ œ
Oh, bu - sa Sim - ba iyo! Oh, bu - sa Sim - ba iyo!

###
‰ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
30

& œ œ œ
Oh, bu - sa Sim - ba iyo! Oh, bu - sa Sim - ba iyo!

### œ œ œ. œ 44
œ œ
32

& œ œ œ œ. œ œ
Oh, bu - sa Sim - ba iyo!

(NALA joins SIMBA atop Pride Rock. RAFIKI joins them for the presentation
of their newborn cub. RAFIKI holds up the newborn cub for all to see.)

### 4 ‰
œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
33

& 4
I - ngo - nya - ma neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ
34

& œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
I - ngo - nya - neng - we ’na - ma - ba - la.

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Œ
SCRIPT
œ œ œ.
35

& œ œ w
It’s the cir - cle of life

##
Œ œ œ œ œ œ w Œ ‰œ œ œ. œ œ
37

&
and it moves us all through de - spair and

## K K
Œ ‰ K œ. œ œÔ œ . ˙
40

& œ œ. ˙ œ
hope, through faith and love.

## Πb w
œ œ œ œ
43

&
’Til we find our place

K œ œ > > K
& # œœ œœ œ. œœ œÔ œ œœ œœ ˙˙ ..
b Œ œ Ó b œœ œœ œœ .. œœ ˙˙
45

on the path un - win - ding in the cir - cle,

&b Œ ‰ K œ œ
49

œ
3

œ w
the cir - cle of life.

Í
&b œ Œ œ œ œ Œ ˙˙ .. ∑
51

Cir - cle of life!

(End of play. #30 – BOWS.)

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 Bows
BOWS 30

SCRIPT
# 4 4
& 4
1-4

# 3 ENSEMBLE 1:
Œ ‰œ œ œ œ
3

& Ô
5-7
He lives in you.

# (ENSEMBLE 1):
∑ Œ ‰ œ œ œ œ
9 3

& Ô
He lives in me.

#
‰ œK œK ‰ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
ENSEMBLE 2:

& œ
œ œ > . œ œ
> . > > œ.
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# œ
∑ Œ ‰ œ œ œ
11

& Ô
He watch - es o -

#
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ . œ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
> œ. œ œ >
>
œ > œ.
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

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 #
œ œ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ
SCRIPT
13 3 3

&
- ver ev - ’ry thing we see.

#
& ‰ œK œK ‰ œ . œ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
> . >œ œ > œ > œ.
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# œ
∑ Œ œ œ œ
15

&
In - to the wat -

#
& ‰ œK K ‰ œ. œ œ ‰ œK œK ‰ Ó
> .œ œ œ > > .
>
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

#
œ œ Œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ
17

&
- er, in - to the truth,

# ‰ K K‰ K
& œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ ‰ œ œK ‰ Ó
> . > > > .
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

# ∑ Œ œ œ œ œ œ
19

&
in your re - flec -

# ‰ K K‰ ‰ œK K ‰ Ó
& œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ
> . > > > œ.
He - la hem ma - me - la, he - la.

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 # K ‰ œK œ
Ó Œ

SCRIPT
œ œ.
21

& œ œ
- tion, he lives in you!

# ‰ K K‰ ‰ œK œ
& œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ œ œ
> . > >
He - la hem ma - me - la. He lives in you!

# ∑
23

& w

# ∑
& w

(#31 – EXIT MUSIC.)

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 ACTOR’S GLOSSARY
ACTOR’S GLOSSARY

actor: A person who performs as a character in a play or musical.

antagonist: A person who actively opposes the protagonist.
author: A writer of a play; also known as a playwright. A musical’s
authors include a book writer, a composer, and a lyricist.
blocking: The actors’ movements around the stage in a play or musical,
not including the choreography. The director usually “blocks” the show
(or assigns blocking) during rehearsals.
book writer: One of the authors of a musical. The book writer writes the
lines of dialogue and the stage directions. A book writer can be called
a librettist if they write the lyrics as well.
cast: The performers in a show.
cheating out: Turning slightly toward the house when performing so the
audience can better see one’s face and hear one’s lines.
choreographer: A person who creates and teaches the dance numbers
in a musical.
choreography: The dances in a musical that are often used to help tell
the story.
composer: A person who writes music for a musical.
creative team: The director, choreographer, music director, and
designers working on a production. The original creative team for a
musical also includes the author(s) and orchestrator.
cross: An actor’s movement to a new position onstage.
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.
fourth wall: an invisible, imaginary wall separating the performers
onstage from the audience; to “break” the fourth wall means a
character has become aware of the audience’s presence and addresses
them directly.
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.
librettist: The person who writes both dialogue and lyrics for a musical.
Can also be referred to separately as the book writer and lyricist.
libretto: A term referring to the script (dialogue and stage directions)
and lyrics together.

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lines: The dialogue spoken by the actors.
lyricist: A person who writes the lyrics, or sung words, of a musical. The

ACTOR’S GLOSSARY
lyricist works with a composer to create songs.
lyrics: The words of a song.
monologue: A large block of lines spoken by a single character.
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.
musical: A play that incorporates music and choreography to tell a story.
objective: What a character wants to do or achieve.
off-book: An actor’s ability to perform 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 of a story on which the action is centered.
raked stage: A stage that is raised slightly upstage so that it slants
toward the audience.
read-through: An early rehearsal of a play at which actors read their
dialogue from scripts without blocking or memorized lines.
rehearsal: A meeting during which the cast learns and practices the show.
score: All musical elements of a show, including songs and underscoring.
script: 1) The written words that make up a show, including dialogue,
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 infuses energy into the pacing of a scene.
stage directions: Words in the script that describe character actions that
are not part of the dialogue.
stage left: The left side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective.
stage manager: A person responsible for keeping all rehearsals and
performances organized and on schedule.
stage right: The right side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective.
upstage: The part of the stage farthest 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
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.
conspiratorially: In a secret, scheming way, with one or more other
parties.
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.
gourds: A fleshy fruit with hard skin.
gusto: Exaggerated enthusiasm.
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.
jubilation: Great celebration or triumph.
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.
maniacally: With frenzy or madness.
meerkat: A small, yellowish-brown or gray African mammal with light
black markings.
menagerie: A collection of wild animals.
meticulous: Very detailed and exact.
motto: A short sentence expressing a rule guiding the behavior of a
person or group.

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murkiest: The most dark or unclear.
outcast: A person who is rejected from their home or community.

SHOW GLOSSARY
pinnacle: A high point or peak.
poachers: Illegal hunters of fish or game.
regal: Royal.
retention: The ability to keep or remember something.
reverently: With great respect or awe.
savanna: A grassland with scattered trees, typically found in East Africa.
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.
succession: The act of inheriting a throne or title.
trespasser: An intruder or someone who is in a location they are not
allowed to be.
tenacity: Stubbornness.
turtle doves: Medium-sized birds thought to be very affectionate and
therefore used as symbols for people in love.
voraciously: Eagerly, with a huge appetite.
warthog: A wild African pig with two pairs of tusks.

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 AFRICAN
AFRICAN LANGUAGES GLOSSARY
LANGUAGES GLOSSARY
Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama (Xhosa)
Nants’ ingonyama, bakithi, baba (NANTS een-GON-yah-mah bah-KEE-
tee bah-BAH): 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 bah-BOH): 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-BAH-lah): 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.

AFRICAN LANGUAGES GLOSSARY

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-BAH-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.

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 Ubukhosi bokhokho (OO-boo-KHOH-see boh-KHOH-khoh): This is the
throne of our ancestors!
AFRICAN LANGUAGES GLOSSARY
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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CREDITS & COPYRIGHTS

All music adapted & arranged by Will Van Dyke

1. Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama – Music (“Circle of Life”) by Elton John, Lyrics
by Tim Rice; Music and Lyrics (“Nants’ Ingonyama”) by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M
2. Into Scar’s Cave – Music (“King of Pride Rock”) by Hans Zimmer, Lyrics by Lebo M;
Music by Mark Mancina
3. Grasslands Chant – Music and Vocal Score (“The Grasslands”) by Lebo M
4. Return to Scar’s Cave – Music and Vocal Score (“The Grasslands”) by Lebo M; Music
by Mark Mancina
5. Our Little Secret – Music by Mark Mancina
6. The Lioness Hunt – Music and Vocal Score by Lebo M
7. I Just Can’t Wait to Be King – Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice
8. Elephant Graveyard – Music by Hans Zimmer
9. Scar Enters – Music by Mark Mancina
10. Be Prepared – Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice
11. Nightfall – Music by Hans Zimmer
12. They Live in You – Music and Lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M
13. Into the Gorge – Music by Hans Zimmer
14. The Stampede – Music by Hans Zimmer, Vocal Score by Lebo M
15. The Mourning – Music and Vocal Score by Tsidii Le Loka
16. Into the Desert – Music by Mark Mancina
17. Hakuna Matata (Part 1) – Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice
18. Hakuna Matata (Part 2) – Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice
19. King Scar – Music by Mark Mancina
20. Shadowland – Music by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M, Lyrics by Mark Mancina and
Lebo M
21. Playing And Pouncing – Music by Lebo M, Hans Zimmer and Jay Rifkin
22. Under the Stars – Music by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M
23. She’s Gonna Eat Me – Music by Mark Mancina
24. Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice
25. He Lives in You - Music and Lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M
26. Return to the Pridelands – Music by Hans Zimmer
27. Scar’s Last Stand (Part 1) – Music by Mark Mancina
28. Scar’s Last Stand (Part 2) – Music by Mark Mancina
29. Finale – Music (“King of Pride Rock”) by Hans Zimmer, Lyrics by Lebo M; Music
(“Circle of Life”) by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice
30. Bows – Music and Lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M
31. Exit Music – Music (“King of Pride Rock”) by Hans Zimmer, Lyrics by Lebo M; Music
(“Circle of Life”) by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice

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songs 3, 6, 15, 21 (© 1997). Music and Lyrics in the following songs © Walt Disney Music
Company (ASCAP) / Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI): Songs 7, 10, 17, 18, 24 (©
1994); song 25 (© 1995); songs 4, 12, 20, 30 (© 1997).

All arrangements © 2015 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP).

“It’s a Small World” written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

“Let It Go” written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

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 The Lion King JR. is based on the 1997 Broadway production of The Lion King,
directed by Julie Taymor, choreographed by Garth Fagan, and produced by
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Original Broadway Orchestrations by

Robert Elhai, David Metzger, Bruce Fowler

The Lion King JR. Music Adapted and Arranged by

Will Van Dyke

The Lion King JR. Book Adapted by

Ken Cerniglia

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