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From Born Free USA:
For those of a certain generation (and many more besides) mention of the words “Born Free” evokes images of Africa, Elsa the lioness, Joy and George Adamson … perhaps even Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, who starred in that classic, heart-warming film.
But it also makes a lot of people hum, or sing, the transcendent title song.
Its clear and powerful melody, its simple yet profound words, provided by lyricist Don Black, have become a standard. Covered by many, the original, effortlessly sung by British crooner and former London taxi cabbie Matt Monro, has never been surpassed. Incredibly, Monro and others had to lobby for the song to be restored to the film after the producers initially rejected it for not being commercial enough.