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Verwandte Songs (related songs)
Song «Mbube» von Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds.
Fakten
Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1939 (Single)
Label: Gallotone GE.829
Songwriter Solomon Linda & Traditional
Produktion: Griffiths Motsieloa
Genre: Africana
Annotationen
«Mbube» heisst in der Zulu Sprache Löwe. Da Pete Seeger den Song kopierte ohne Zulu zu verstehen, machte er daraus «Wimoweh» und daraus wurde wiederum «The Lion Sleeps Tonight».
Personen und Querverweise
Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
Solomon Linda
Traditional
Griffiths Motsieloa
Lyrics
The evening's young The night began Between the bottles in a mirror I'm smiling at myself Look in my eyes and start to count The bottles on the shelf Bottles on the shelf Evening's young And the night began Barman brings another beer Could ask myself Why am I here Between the bottles in a mirror I'm smiling at myself Look in my eyes and start to count The bottles on the shelf I know I could at any time Get up the chair and leave this place I know I could at any time Get up the chair and leave this place I wait for me and my decision Between the bottles That's my face TV shows a football game I leave the place but all the same If someone asked me hey guy you Where do you go, what do you do? I wouldn't know what I could say