"Digga Tunnah" is the opening song from The Lion King 1½. It is sung by various meerkats in Timon's colony about their dangerous way of life.
Lyrics
Meerkat #1:
What was that? (Shhh...)
Meerkat #2:
What was what? (Shhh...)
Meerkat #3:
What was that?
Meerkat #4:
What was that?
Meerkats:
Where?
What?
Where? (Shhh...)
Where?
What was that? (Shhh...)
Quick before the hyena come!
Meerkat #5:
Clear!
Chorus:
Digga tunnah,
Dig, digga tunnah.
When you're done, ya digga bigger tunnah.
Digga tunnah,
Dig, digga tunnah.
Quick before the hyena come.
Dig!
Dig a tunnah,
Dig, digga tunnah.
You could dig and never get done.
Dig a tunnah,
Dig, digga tunnah.
What was that?
Quick before the hyena come.
Dig!
Digga tunnah is what we do.
Life's a tunnah, we're diggin' through.
Digga tunnah is what we sing.
Digga tunnah is everything.
Mud and clay is a meerkat's friend,
Always more around every bend,
And when you get to your tunnah's end,
Shout hallelujah, let's dig again!
Dig!
Digga tunnah,
Dig, digga tunnah.
When you're done, ya digga bigger tunnah.
Digga tunnah,
Dig, digga tunnah.
What was that?
Quick before the hyena come.
Meerkat #6:
Dig!
Chorus:
- Digga tunnah
- Dig, digga tunnah
- We're never gonna dig another tunnah
- Digga tunnah
- Dig, Digga tunnah
- Never gonna hyena come
- Sing the the praises of great Timon
- The Greatest meerkat we've ever known
- Never dreamed and helped Simba shine
- Proved it's cool to hang out with swine!
Chorus:
- Accidentally saved the day
Timon:
- Planned it so we wouldn't look that way.
Chorus:
- And brought us out of a fearful stand.
- Brought his family to the promised land
- Sing the praises of great Timon
- The Greatest meerkat we've ever known
Other Versions
- ?/? - Abaza
- ?/? - Albanian
- ?/? - Arabic (Egyptian)
- ?/? - Arabic (Standard)
- Cava O Túnel - Portuguese (Brazil)
- ?/? - Bulgaria
- ?/? - Crimean Tatar
- Cavar un Túnel - Catalan
- Tuneljme - Czech
- Creuse un Tunnel - Canadian French
- Creuse un Tunnel - French
- Gangen Graben - Dutch (Netherlands)
- Gangen Tunnel - Flemish (Belgium)
- Gänge Graben - German
- Grave Tunnel - Norwegian
- Gräv en Tunnel - Swedish
- Scava Tana - Italy
- ?/? - Greek
- ?/? - Japanese
- ?/? - Hebrew
- Alagút, Amit Mindig Ásol - Hungary
- ?/? - Kabardian
- ?/? - Korean
- ?/? - Chinese Mandarin
- ?/? - Chinese Cantonese
- Sapam Tunele - Romanian
- Kopcie Tunel - Polish
- Kopaj Tunel - Croatian
- Tunelujte - Czech
- Kop D'alej - Slovak
- Haz un Túnel - Spanish (Mexico)
- Cava un Túnel - Spanish (Castilian)
- Hadi Darma Kaz Basla - Turkey
- ?/? - Tamil
- ?/? - Telugu