The Lion Sleeps tonight?

Question

The Lion Sleeps tonight Wimaway song

Answer 1

lets ask him! ha ha

Answer 2

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) by the Tokens

Answer 3

Wee-ooh wim-o-weh. Wee-ooh wim-o-weh.

Wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh

o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-weh.

Wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh

o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-weh.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.

In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.

Wee-ooh wim-o-weh.

Wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh

o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-weh.

Wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh

o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-weh.

Near the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps tonight.

Near the village, the quiet village, the lion sleeps tonight.

Wee-ooh wim-o-weh. Wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh

o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-weh.

Wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh

o-wim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-weh.

Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling, the lion sleeps tonight.

Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling, the lion sleeps tonight.

Whuh whuh whuh wim-o-weh. Wee-ooh wim-o-weh wee-ooh

wim-o-weh wee-ooh wim-o-weh.

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Answer 4

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" began as a 1939 African popular music hit "Mbube" that, in modified versions, also became a hit in the US and UK.

History

"Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was first recorded by its writer, Solomon Linda, and his group, The Evening Birds, in 1939. Gallo Record Company paid Linda a single fee for the recording and no royalties. "Mbube" became a hit throughout South Africa and sold about 100,000 copies during the 1940s. The song became so popular that Mbube lent its name to a style of African a cappella music, though the style has since been mostly replaced by isicathamiya (a softer version).

Alan Lomax brought the song to the attention of Pete Seeger of the folk group The Weavers. It was on one of several records Lomax loaned to Seeger.[1] After having performed the song for at least a year in their concerts, in November, 1951, they recorded their version entitled "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of 'uyimbube' (meaning "you're a lion"). Pete Seeger had made some of his own additions to the melody. The song was credited exclusively to Paul Campbell.

Pete Seeger explains in one recording, "it refers to an old legend down there, [about] their last king, who was known as Chaka The Lion. Legend says, Chaka The Lion didn't die when Europeans took over our country; he simply went to sleep, and he'll wake up some day." (See "Senzenina / Wimoweh" on Seeger's With Voices Together We Sing (Live).)

It was published by Folkways. Their 1952 version, arranged by Gordon Jenkins, became a top-twenty hit in the U.S., and their live 1957 recording turned it into a folk music staple. This version was covered in 1959 by the The Kingston Trio.

New lyrics to the song were written by George Weiss, Luigi Creatore, and Hugo Peretti, based very loosely upon the meaning of the original song. The Tokens' 1961 cover of this version rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and still receives fairly frequent replay on many American oldies radio stations. In the UK, an up-tempo rendering of this version was a top-ten hit for Karl Denver and his Trio. In 1971, Robert John did a cover of this version, and it reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Since then, "Wimoweh" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" has remained popular and frequently covered.

Answer 5

the tokens sang that song!

Answer 6

hey that sounds like that advantix comercial

Answer 7

i loved that song when i was a kid