Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Original music: Solomon Linda (1939)
Words by David Wesley (2018)

Merry Christmas! I didn't have much time to make a Christmas recording this year, so I took a bit of a shortcut. In just one afternoon, I wrote new lyrics to The Lion Sleeps Tonight, and recorded an arrangement I normally do live with looping. What you're seeing is the same background parts (2 or 4-bars long) on repeat. I hope you enjoy it.

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Hear the original South African recording of The Lion Sleeps Tonight: youtu.be/mrrQT4WkbNE