Solomon Linda - Mbube 1939 текст песни

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is an acclaimed song recorded by The Tokens and written as Mbube by Solomon Linda.

Solomon Linda is best remembered as the writer of "Mbube" (translated as "The Lion"), one of the most successful songs to come out of South Africa. Although Linda recorded the first version with his group, The Evening Birds, in 1939, the song became an internationally-recognized classic when it was renamed "Wimoweh" and recorded by Pete Seeger and The Weavers in 1948.