"The Mighty Hunters" is a song that was intended to appear in the 1967 animated Disney film, The Jungle Book. It would have featured a duet between the villains Shere Khan and Buldeo, a character that ended being cut from the film. The song was cut from the movie because Walt Disney considered it too dark.
The song was performed by Shere Khan's voice actor, the late George Sanders, and an unknown voice actor as Buldeo.
It isn't fair to hate me
When you know me very slightly
When you know me better
Then you can judge me rightly
And all who know me very well
Hate me, hate me, hate me more than tongue
Can tell
Oh, I'm Shere Khan, who fights alone
A demon I resemble
I have no friends to call my own
I make the jungle tremble
I'm cruel as the midday sun
All clad in black and yellow
And all who see me turn and run
Though I'm a handsome fellow
Buldeo is my name of fame
I'm expert with the weapon
Shere Khan's the game I mean to tame
His carcass I shall step on
I'll meet my victim eye-to-eye
He knows just how I hate him
He'll have no time to say goodbye
For I'll exterminate him.
It isn't fair to hate me
When you know me very slightly
When you know me better
Then you can judge me rightly
And all who know me very well
Hate me, hate me, hate me more than tongue
Can tell
Buldeo seeks to take my life
How does he dare, I wonder
Unless he wants a widowed wife
As I tear him asunder
My fangs are sharp, my heart is cold
There's no time for complaining
His friends and family should be told
There won't be much remaining
As hunter, I'm invincible
I always get my quarry
I never, as a principle
Let myself feel sorry
With elephant and antelope
My name is dreaded still
Shere Khan can only dare to hope for time
To make his will
It isn't fair to hate me
When you know me very slightly
When you know me better
Then you can judge me rightly
And all who know me very well
Hate me
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