Yertle The Turtle
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Look at the turtle go, bro


On a far away island of Salamasond

I said, Yertle the turtle was king of the pond

A nice little pond, it was clean, it was neat

The water was warm, there was a 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'm too low down

I cannot look down upon the places beyond”

So Yertle the turtle king lifted his hand

And Yertle the turtle king gave a command


He ordered all the turtles onto one another's back

He piled them high into a ten turtle stack

Oh, Yertle the turtle, the things I now rule

I'm king of a cow, I'm king of a mule


Look at the turtle go, bro


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 see”


Yertle, Yertle the turtle

Yertle, Yertle the turtle

Yertle, Yertle the turtle

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