Yertle The Turtle Lyrics - Red Hot Chili Peppers

1 On a far away island

2 of Salamasond

3 Yertle the turtle

4 Was king of the pond

5 A nice little pond

6 It was clean it was neat

7 The water was warm

8 There was plenty to eat

9 Until one day

10 The king of them all

11 Decided the kingdom

12 He ruled was too small

13 I'm a ruler of all that I see

14 But I don't see enough

15 And that's the trouble with me

16 With this stone for a throne

17 I am too low down

18 I cannot look down

19 Upon the places beyond

20 So Yertle the turtle king

21 Lifted his hand

22 And Yertle the turtle king

23 Lifted his hand

24 He ordered all the turtles

25 Onto one another's back

26 He piled them high

27 Into a ten turtle stack

28 I'm Yertle the turtle

29 The things I now rule

30 I'm king of a cow

31 I'm king of a mule

32 Then down from below

33 In the great turtle stack

34 Came a burp from a plain

35 Little turtle named Mack

36 Just part of the throne

37 This burpin' little turtle

38 Looked up and said "I beg

39 Your pardon king Yertle"

40 I've pains in my back

41 My shoulders and my knees

42 How long must we stand

43 Here your majesty

44 "Silence !" the king of the

45 Turtles barked back

46 To the bad burpin'

47 Little turtle named Mack

48 I'm Yertle the turtle

49 Oh marvelous me for

50 I am ruler of all that I see

51 Yertle, Yertle the turtle...

52 Yertle, Yertle the turtle...