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84.108Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”

Because the song is playful, use modulation as character.

Main F-major world.

Brief dark excursion to F minor or D♭/E♭-related region.

Then a deliberately theatrical half-step lift.

Or:

a false modulation that lasts only two bars before snapping back.

Modulation itself can be humorous.