The story behind The Lion Sleeps Tonight#
The Lion Sleeps Tonight grew out of Mbube, a song recorded in 1939 by the South African musician Solomon Linda. The familiar English version, with its “in the jungle” verse, was written in 1961 by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore and became a hit for the Tokens. Disney later brought it into The Lion King, which is how a lot of players first meet it.
It is one of the easier tunes here for a 6-hole ocarina. The whole melody stays inside a narrow span, roughly F up to a high C, with no large leaps, so it is a good early song for settling into steady breath and clean note changes.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight Ocarina Tab#
| FIn | Gthe | Ajun | G-gle | Athe | A#migh | A-ty | Gjun | F-gle |
| GThe | Ali | G-on | Fsleeps | Ato | G-night | |||
| CIn | Athe | Gjun | A-gle | Cthe | A#qui | A-et | Gjun | F-gle |
| GThe | Ali | G-on | Fsleeps | Ato | G-night |