"The Buy-in Eats Tonight" - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" adapted by the Marsh Family

This one was Thomas’s idea, which we leapt at because it’s a bit different. A cracking multi-vocal piece to have a go at, most famously covered by The Tokens in 1961 (who we’ve modelled ours on). The original “Lion Sleeps Tonight” was written and recorded by Solomon Linda as “Mbube” in Zulu in 1939 (later English lyrics by George David Weiss). So there was a danger of cultural appropriation, and also a danger of looking like we made an advert, and lastly a danger of Monty the wolf spoiling the whole thing by trying to get out of the kitchen. But we felt we should own up to how much we’ve been relying on takeaway food as one of the few treats we can muster during lockdown. Obviously, everyone in the family has completely different preferences and then there are intense negotiations. The dog always wins in the end.