Filk: I Whistle A Mighty Tune
(To the tune of "I Whistle A Happy Tune" from the musical "The King and I")
Music and original lyrics © 1951 by Rodgers & Hammerstein

by Suzanne Smiley

Copyright 2000


JOXER
Whenever I feel afraid
As a warrior should not be
I whistle a mighty tune
In hopes that they won't see
I'm not brave

While shivering in my boots
I strike a heroic pose
And whistle a mighty tune
So nobody should know
I'm afraid!

The result of this deception
I am not quite sure to tell
I may not fool the people I fear
But that may be just as well!

I whistle a mighty tune
And more often than not
The mightiness in that tune
Convinces me to not
Run away!

Just pretend you're brave
C'mon, try it, you'll go far
You might find you're brave
Braver than you thought you were

[whistles just the tune to the lyrics "Joxer the mighty / He roams through the countryside" ]

You might find you're brave
Braver than you thought you were!

[whistles just the tune to the lyrics "He's Joxer! / He's Joxer the mighty!"]