Drum beat song in Lion King 1and 1/2

[Malini]

Wonder if anyone has watched this new lion king movie released only on DVD.
The focus of this movie is only on Timon and Pumbaa who feature both in Lion
King and Simba's Pride (Lion King II).

One interesting thing in this movie is the song featured in the beginning
and the end of the movie. The lyrics of the song go something like this:

dig a tunna digga digga tunnaa
dig a tunna digga digga tunnaa
before hyena comes

The characters are shown as "digging a tunnel" but to me it appeared more
like emulating the indian drum/tabla beats as shown in dances and songs:

digi taanaa digi-digi taanaa

It was really very hilarious to notice the similarities.

I'm attaching a link to the midi file for reference:
http://www.lionking.org/sounds/MIDI/CircleOfLife-1.mid

This is the midi of the 'Circle of Life' in Lion King which has the same
beat as this song. Listen to the portion after about 20 sec into the song
and try to match the beat to the 'digi tanaa..'

thanks,
Malini