Kaileanne is right. I while ago a bought an album, which was a collection of African songs entitled African Playground.
In the notes it reads the following:
Does this song sound familiar? Most people know this as "The Lion Sleeps
Tonight," which is a popular song around the world. It is based on a song in the Zulu Language from South Africa that was written in 1939 by a musician named Solomon Linda. Someone in America [Pete Seeger] heard it and decided to write English words.
It became a worldwide hit.
The Zulu word for lion is "imbube." To call to a lion you say "mbube."
Kaileanne is right. I while ago a bought an album, which was a collection of African songs entitled African Playground. In the notes it reads the following:
Does this song sound familiar? Most people know this as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," which is a popular song around the world. It is based on a song in the Zulu Language from South Africa that was written in 1939 by a musician named Solomon Linda. Someone in America [Pete Seeger] heard it and decided to write English words.
It became a worldwide hit. The Zulu word for lion is "imbube." To call to a lion you say "mbube."