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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.