Where can I get the words and music to Ladysmith Black Mambazo's recrding of MBUBE ?

Question

I am interested in their version as recorded in their album, Ultimate Colllection.

Answer 1

Here's some beginning info & references. On Google you could go all night reading about the song. It was used in the movie"The Lion King" and is an African Zulu song.

This is the traditional version I think:

Mbube
Solomon Linda
Zulu -- South Africa


Listen to The Mahotella Queens perform this song:http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/PWMMbube.html

Many thanks to Putumayo World Music for permission to publish these lyrics.
© Gallo Music Publishing and Putumayo World Music. All rights reserved.
Printed with permission.
Mahotella Queens performs this song on African Playground.

From African Playground:
Does this song sound familiar? Most people know this as "The Lion Sleeps
Tonight," which is a popular song around the world. It is based on a song in the Zulu Language from South Africa that was written in 1939 by a musician named Solomon Linda. Someone in America [Pete Seeger] heard it and decided to write English words.
It became a worldwide hit.
The Zulu word for lion is "imbube." To call to a lion you say "mbube." We're not sure why you would want to call a lion. Usually you want them to go away from you! South Africa is home to many lions, as well as other wildlife.

Njalo Ekuseni Uya Waletha Amathamsanqa
Yebo!
Amathamsanqa

Mbube
Uyimbube
Uyimbube
Uyimbube
(repeat 2 times)

(Lead vocal repeats the following against another two repeats of the chorus above)
Uyimbube
Uyimbube Mama We

(Multiple voice lead repeats the following against another two repeats of the chorus above)
He! He! He! He!
Uyimbube Mama

(Multiple voice lead repeats the following against another two repeats of the chorus above)
We We We We We We
Uyimbube
Uyimbube

(Multiple voice lead repeats the following against another three repeats of the chorus above)
Kusukela Kudala Kuloku Kuthiwa
Uyimbube
Uyimbube Mama

(Some of the choruses above are then repeated)

Mbube is a form of South African vocal music, made famous by the South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The word mbube means "lion" in Zulu [1]. Traditionally performed a cappella, the style is sung in a powerful and loud way (see Mbube Roots, Rounder CD 5025). The members of the group are male, although quite a few groups often have a female singer (On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom). However, since the formation of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the style has fallen in favour of softer singing, which is known as isicathamiya.

The style itself dates, according to Joseph Shabalala (of Ladysmith fame), to the times when young South African Zulu men left their families to travel to the major cities to find work — often in mines. In order to preserve a sense of community, these young men would form choirs and perform Mbube music.

The style is named after the song "Mbube" written by Solomon Linda. The song was later made famous internationally by The Weavers as "Wimoweh" and then as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". (wikipedia)

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” lyrics
Written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore
Performed by Lebo M.

Colors:

* Lead male vocal
* Translations of Zulu

Lala kahle[Sleep well]

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight

(Chorus)
Imbube

Ingonyama ifile[The lion's in peace]
Ingonyama ilele[The lion sleeps]
Thula[Hush]

Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight

(Chorus)

Ingonyama ilele[The lion sleeps]

Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
The lion sleeps tonight

He, ha helelemama[He, ha helelemama]
Ohi'mbube[lion]

(Chorus)

Ixesha lifikile[Time has come]
Lala[Sleep]
Lala kahle[Sleep well]

Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight

(Chorus)

My little darling
Don't fear, my little darling
My little darling
Don't fear, my little darling

Ingonyama ilele[The lion sleeps]

Answer 2

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