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The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight.mp3

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"On March 21, 2006, three South African women whose father, Solomon Linda, wrote ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ in 1939, won a six-year court battle that gave them 25 per cent of all past and future royalties from the song. Linda who was a cleaner at a Johannesburg record company when he wrote the song, received virtually nothing for his work and died in 1962 with $25 in his bank account. The song had been recorded by Pete Seeger (as ‘Wimoweh’), The Kingston Trio, The Tokens, Karl Denver and R.E.M. and was featured in the Disney film The Lion King. It was estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in The Lion King alone."

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Solomon Linda&The Evening ( The First Version ) - Mbube

All the versions in/Todas las versiones en:http://www.florencom.es Solomon Linda And The Evening Birds Original Version, The Lion Sleeps Tonight (El león due...

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Solomon Linda and The Evening Birds Original Version, The Lion Sleeps Tonight in 1939
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"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" written by Solomon Linda
Lyrics
"(a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)
(a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh)

in the jungle, the mighty jungle
the lion sleeps tonight
in the jungle the quiet jungle
the lion sleeps tonight

near the village the peaceful village
the lion sleeps tonight
near the village the quiet village
the lion sleeps tonight

hush my darling don’t fear my darling
the lion sleeps tonight
hush my darling don’t fear my darling
the lion sleeps tonight"

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