Sour Kangaroo:

Humpf!...... Humpfed a voice.



'Twas the sour kangaroo.

And the young kangaroo in her pouch said:



Young Kangaroo:

"Humpf!"



Sour Kangaroo:

Too!

Why, that speck is as small as the head of a pin.

A person of that? Why, there never has been!



You're the biggest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool

And I don't care who I tell

The biggest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool,



Young Kangaroo:

And I think so as well!



Sour Kangaroo:

Maybe I'm nasty, maybe I'm cruel

But you're the biggest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool



Horton:

It's true.  Please believe me.  I tell you sincerely,

My ears are quite keen and I heard him quite clearly.

I know there's a person down there, and what's more,

Quite likely there's two, even three, even four!



Wickersham #2:

Ha! Laughed a voice!



Wickersham #1 & 3

Ha! Laughed some others!



Wickershams:

Ha! Ha Ha!

Laughed the Wickersham brothers!



Oh, he's the biggest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool

And monkeys like us should know.



Sour Kangaroo:

No, no, no, no!



Wickershams:

We've been out on a limb

Lookin' down on him--



Wickersham #1:

And he's fat!



Wickersham #2:

dumb!



Wichersham #3:

and slow!



Sour Kangaroo:

Uh huh!



Sour Kangaroo & Wickershams:

Elephants ain't too swift as a rule

But he's the biggest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool.

'Cause he's talkin' to a speck

Talkin' to a speck

To a speck of dust



Wickersham #3:

Blame fool in the Jungle of Nool



Wickershams, Bird Girls & Sour Kangaroo:

Talkin' to a speck

Talkin' to a speck

To a speck of dust



Wickersham #3:

Blame fool in the Jungle of Nool



Sour Kangaroo:

R-E-S-P-E-C-K!

Oh, please take that speck away!



All:

Did you hear? Did you hear?

Did you, did you hear?



Bird Girls:

Through the Jungle, the news quickly spread.



All:

Did you hear? Did you hear?

Did you, did you hear?



Bird Girls:

He talks to a dust speck

He's out of his head!



Cat:

Out topic today is "psychic elephants who hear

voices" whaddaya think, folks, is the elephant

off his trunk?  We'll be right back with "speck"

"clover" "dust" "neighbor" "who"....

Stay tuned!



All:

Bigest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool



Gertrude:

I'm Gertrude McFuzz and I love right next door.

He's never done anything crazy before.



All:

Bigest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool



Gertrude:

He's always been friendly, and loyal, and kind.

I just don't believe Horton's out of his mind!



All:

Did you hear? Did you hear?

Did you, did you hear?



Mayzie:

I'm Mayzie La Bird and I live in that tree.



All:

Did you hear? Did you hear?

Did you, did you hear?



Mayzie:

Enough about Horton, let's talk about me!



Mayzie and Bird Girls:

Let's talk about, talk about

talk about, talk about me yeah.



All (Except Horton & Gertrude)

Talkin' to a speck

Talkin' to a speck

To a speck of dust



Wickersham #3:                Sour Kangaroo:

Blame fool in the                Just a fool, just a fool, just a fool!

Jungle of Nool



All (except Horton and Gertrude)

Talkin' to a speck, Talkin' to a speck,

To a speck of dust.



Wickersham #3:                Sour Kangaroo:

Blame fool in the                  Whoa whoa whoa

Jungle of Nool



Horton:

I just have to save them, because after all

A person's a person no matter how small.



Horton & Gertrude:

A person's a person no matter how...



All (except Horton & Gertrude)

Biggest blame fool

In the Jungle of Nool

In the Jungle anywhere

He's just a big nervous wreck

Who's protecting a Speck

When he knows there's no one there.



Wickershams:

Actin' as if he's holding a jewel



Sour Kangaroo:

Somebody stuck a trunk on a mule



All:

Biggest blame fool

In the jungle of

Nool, Nool, Nool!

In the Jungle of Nool, Nool, Nool!

In the Jungle of Nool, Nool, Nool!



Sour Kangaroo:

Nool,  Nool, Whoa.