The The Lion Sleeps Tonight song lyrics is written by Solomon Linda, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss & Albert Stanton in the year 1961. It was sung by Tokens, featuring Tokens. The details of The Lion Sleeps Tonight song lyrics are given below: Album: The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Singer: Tokens
The legendary "Mbube" hailed as the first Zulu song to attain international acclaim, appeared under various guises as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "In The Jungle", and "Wimoweh".The song was written in 1934 by an un-acknowledged migrant labourer called Solomon Ka Linda in the form of an African chant which refers to King Chaka - The Lion who lies I know this is right because i learned this in a guitar class. / Slap strum G C G D7 Wee_____ohhwimoweh G C G D7 Wee_____ohhwimoweh G C G D7 Wimoweh, owimoweh, Wi I do not own the rights to this song, this was put out here for folks that want to reminisce about the good times they had while listening to this music.