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Originally posted by KneverKnight
The Lion Sleeps Tonight because it has a YOU-KNOW-WHAT in it.
awemmayeh?

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Originally posted by Peachy
awemmayeh?
wow, so that's how you spell it!

Amazing lyric.

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Originally posted by Peachy
awemmayeh?
Isn't really "Aweeemaaaaway"?

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Originally posted by Joe Fist
Isn't really "Aweeemaaaaway"?
I am singing it to myself in a crowded cybercafe.

Wait, I'll ask the person beside me.

She says "sod off loser."

I think I will go with the fist; strangely I have a sense of deja entendu.

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Aaaaaaa,ee-aa,ee-aa,ee-ya,mumawayyyyy
well, sounds like that in the Tokens' version ...

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Originally posted by KneverKnight
Aaaaaaa,ee-aa,ee-aa,ee-ya,mumawayyyyy
well, sounds like that in the Tokens' version ...
Now, I am conflicted.

Have to turn down the proffering by the fist.

Kneverknight has the most correct spelling of that particularly annoying phonetic sound.

Edit: 'phonetic sound' the literary equivalent of over-egging the pudding.

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I thought it was 'awimbaway', there's definitely a B and a W in there.

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Originally posted by Starrman
I thought it was 'awimbaway', there's definitely a B and a W in there.
I heard it many years ago on a 6-transistor radio, they might have been saying anything, no hi-fi for sure.
But surely "a wheem a WHEP"?

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Originally posted by KneverKnight
I heard it many years ago on a 6-transistor radio, they might have been saying anything, no hi-fi for sure.
But surely "a wheem a WHEP"?
Singing it to myself isn't helping.

I don't have a friggin' clue.

Awimbaway/awimbawhep. Could both be involved?

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Originally posted by Starrman
I thought it was 'awimbaway', there's definitely a B and a W in there.
Agreed. B and W. What he said.

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Originally posted by darvlay
Agreed. B and W. What he said.
Can't you hear a little ahimbawhep too, though?

I am sure that features.

Hey Starrman could buy that album and then report back to us.

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We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way (drum fill)
We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way

A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh
A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh
A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh
A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh

In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the quiet jungle the lion sleeps tonight

(repeat Wimoweh chorus--with vocal ad lib similar to the intro in theforeground)

Near the village the peaceful village the lion sleeps tonight
Near the village the quiet village the lion sleeps tonight

(repeat wimoweh chorus)

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

Cut'n'pasted from http://tokens-lyrics.wonderlyrics.com/The-Lion-Sleeps-Tonight.html

I have too much time on my hands.

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Originally posted by KneverKnight
We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way (drum fill)
We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way

A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh
A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh
A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh
A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh

In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle ...[text shortened]... tokens-lyrics.wonderlyrics.com/The-Lion-Sleeps-Tonight.html

I have too much time on my hands.
I posted them too, not as good as yours.

Please moderators, delete my thread I beg of you.

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Originally posted by Starrman
I thought it was 'awimbaway', there's definitely a B and a W in there.
Yeah I think you are right about the B and W.

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lol