King Louie: dee ding dee ding ding, lo-la diddly-o zing boing
Sca-be-do, hoo-be-dee, zee-bo do-zab
Diddly-doo dee-hoy
I wanna be a man-man one or-rang-a-tang tang
Monkey 1: Ha, ha, we got him, King Louie!
Monkey 2: Man, we got him, we got him!
Louie: Ha, ha, ha, So you're the man-cub? Crazy!
Mowgli: I'm not as crazy as you are! Put me down!
You cut that out!
Louie: Cool it, boy. Unwind yourself.
Do-doot doot-doot dee...
Now come on. Let's shake, cousin.
Mowgli: What do you want me for?
Louie: Word has grabbed my royal ear, (have a banana), that you want to stay in the jungle.
Mowgli: Stay in the jungle? I sure do.
Louie: Good. And old King Louie,
Bop-boo do-bay doo-boo-do
that's me, can fix it for you. Have two bananas.
Have we got a deal?
Mowgli: Yes, sir. I'll do [gulp], I’ll do anything to stay in the jungle.
Louie: Well then. I'll lay it on the line for ya.
A bop-bop do-do do-be-do
Now I am the king of the swingers, oooh
The jungle V.I.P
I've reached that top and had to stop
And that's what's bothering me
I wanna be a man, man-cub,
And stroll right into town
And be just like the other men,
I'm tired of monkeyin' around
Ohh, oobie-do,
Monkeys: Bop-do-wee
Louie: I wanna be like you
Monkeys: Hum dee oobee-do-ba
Louie: I wanna walk like you
Monkeys: Tee
Louie: Talk like you,
Monkeys: Too
Louie: Too!
Monkeys: Wee be-dee be-dee do
Louie: You see it's true,
Monkeys: Shoo-ba dee-do
Louie: An ape like me
Monkeys: Shoo-be do-bee do-bee
Louie: Can learn to be Human too
Roo-baka-tee-gah, roo-baka-tee-gee

[trumpet]
Zoo-baka too-baka too-baka too-baka too-baka
Too-bee pau-wagau to-pah


Mowgli: Gee, cousin Louie, you're doing real good.
Louie: Now, here's your part of the deal, cuz. Lay the secret on me of man's red fire.
Mowgli: But I don't know how to make fire
Louie: Now, don't try to kid me, man-cub
I made a deal with you
What I desire is man's red fire
To make my dream come true
Now give me the secret, man-cub
Come on, clue me what to do
Give me the power of man's red flower
So I can be like you
Bagheera: Fire! So that's what that scoundrel's after.
Baloo: I'll tear him limb from limb, I'll beat him, I'll.. I'll.. ummm, yeah, well, man, what a beat!
Bagheera: Will you stop that silly beat business and listen! This will take brains, not brawn.
Baloo: You better believe it! And I'm loaded with both.
Bagheera: Would you listen?
Baloo: Oh, yeah, yeah
Bagheera: Now, while you create a disturbance I'll rescue Mowgli. Got that?
Baloo: I'm gone then, solid gone.
Bagheera: Not yet, Baloo!
Baloo: Hey!
Da-zaap bon-ronee
Hap ba-dee dee-lap-ba-dap-lap-non
Hene-bebe-re,
Doot zaba-doo-dee-day
Doo-bam doo-boo-bee-bay
Bo-bom, za-ba-pa-panney!
Louie: Abba-do-dee?
Baloo: With a reep-bon-naza!
Louie: Eh ba-daba doy
Baloo: Well-a-la-ba zini
Louie: War-la-bop, boor-la-bop
Baloo: See-ble-bop, dooney
Louie: Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Baloo: With a huh, huh, huh, huh!
Louie: Rrrawr, rrrawr
Baloo: Get mad, baby!
Louie: Hada-lada hada-lada
Baloo: With a hada-lada hadoo-doo
Louie: Oodle-loodle-oodle-loodle
Baloo: Ooh-doo-daa-daa-daa
Louie: Doodle-doot, doodle-doot
Baloo: Zee-ba-da-da
Haba-da
Louie: Yoo-hoo-hoo
Monkeys: Bop-do-wee
Louie: I wanna be like you
Monkeys: Hum dee oobee-do-ba
Louie: I wanna walk like you
Monkeys: Dee
Louie: Talk like you
Monkeys: Too
Baloo: Too-oo-oo!
Monkeys: Wee be-dee be-dee do
Everybody: You see it's true, hoo-hoo
Someone like me-ee-ee
Can learn to be like someone like me
Baloo: Take me home, Daddy!
Everybody: Can learn to be like someone like you
Louie: One more time!
Baloo: Yeah!
Can learn to be like someone like me
Zee-dee-dee bop-bop-botta
Doodle-dat un-dat un-dat un-dat un-dat un-dat...

Este es el fragmento de la película "El Libro de la Selva" en donde "King Louie" (el rey Luís) captura a Mowglie porque quiere conocer el secreto del fuego y hacerse así humano. Pero los amigos de Mowglie, el oso Baloo y la pantera Bagheera, llegan para intentar rescatarlo.

Si quieres ver el vídeo con la versión moderna de la canción que aparece en este fragmento puedes ir a la sección de canciones I Wanna Be like You.