Pumas of LA (Wimoweh)

New lyrics to this hundred year old folks song with South African roots ("Wimoweh") make it suitable for performing at celebrations of wildlife in the mountains of Los Angeles, CA.
I've been performing this song for a few years at the annual Puma-22 Day Fest in Griffith Park. This year's fest is virtual, so I'm here to invite the mighty and diverse BandHub posse to help me make this a really big singalong. I've got about ten days to bust this out, so let's give it a go!

The Tokens well-known cover of this song is our point of departure. Listen to that one here to get in the groove:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c
Here's a more recent live performance - they all still sound really good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGl5ReYunoY

Our goal is to make an original interpretation, not a slavish copy. But their recording is pretty awesome and it's not a bad idea to listen and marvel at what they did before we take off in our own direction.

By the way, the expression "Wimoweh" was said to be Pete Seeger's misheard take on an older African expression that has no real meaning in any language. It's kind of like "Shoo bee doo" or "Doo wop".

Hey- yup!