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You know, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Parts of this are based on wikipedia (the Miriam Makeba and Kingston Trio versions, which I haven't heard). The Nylons cover was the first I heard when I was 8 or so--that's more personal history. I finally heard the version attributed to Linda last week, so I'm obviously voting for that. What a history.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Solomon Linda	2
Miriam Makeba	2
The Weavers	0
Kingston Trio	0
The Tokens	0
Tne Nylons	0

― strgn, Thursday, 31 January 2008 10:25 (eighteen years ago)

maybe i should have added 'shepherds' before solomon linda

― strgn, Thursday, 31 January 2008 10:29 (eighteen years ago)

bump

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― strgn, Saturday, 2 February 2008 10:35 (eighteen years ago)

Mbube/Wimoweh/Lion

― strgn, Saturday, 2 February 2008 10:41 (eighteen years ago)

I've never heard the original Linda tune, where'd you find it?

― Tuomas, Saturday, 2 February 2008 11:18 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

The version by Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds is on Golden Afrique 3, which came out about 18 months ago.

― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 09:55 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

all these versions are good. i guess i prefer the original. makeba's version is pretty inventive though.

― amateurist, Sunday, 9 August 2009 10:21 (seventeen years ago)

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