The Lion Sleeps Tonight

This song has a long, and sometimes scandalous history, especially in the way profit was made by those who don't necessarily own the rights to a song.

The original song, written by Solomon Linda, called 'Mbube', Zulu for Lion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrQT4WkbNE

This was re-worked by the Weavers (based on mishearing mbube for wimoweh):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77VUYPVMtWY

Then again by The Tokens (adding the English lyrics) with the version associated with the Disney movie 'The Lion King':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c

Pete Seeger's voice on his early recording and this reunion is nothing short of incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ06MuB8_04

Pete sent money to Solomon's family when he became aware of the the copyright swindle.

A Netflix film, The Lion's Share, was made about the history of the song:
https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80191050

Lion photos from Pixabay.