Yertle the turtle
 Was king of the pond
 A nice little pond
 It was clean it was neat
 The water was warm
 There was plenty to eat
 Until one day
 The king of them all
 Decided the kingdom
 He ruled was too small
 I'm a ruler of all that I see
 But I don't see enough
 And that's the trouble with me

 With this stone for a throne
 I am too low down
 I cannot look down

 Upon the places beyond
 So Yertle the turtle king
 Lifted his hand
 And Yertle the turtle king
 Lifted his hand
 He ordered all the turtles
 Onto one another's back
 He piled them high
 Into a ten turtle stack
 I'm Yertle the turtle
 The things I now rule
 I'm king of a cow I'm king of a mule

 Then down from below
 In the great turtle stack
 Came a burp from a plain
 Little turtle named Mack
 Just part of the throne
 This burpin
 ' little turtle
 Looked up and said "I beg
 Your pardon king Yertle
 "I've pains in my back
 My shoulders and my knees
 How long must we stand
 Here your majesty
 "Silence !" the king of the
 Turtles barked back
 To the bad burpin'Little turtle named Mack
 I'm Yertle the turtle
 Oh marvelous me for
 I am ruler of all that I seeYertle,

 Yertle the turtle...Yertle,
 Yertle the turtle