Dave Smith, Ask Dave Lilongo, su d23.disney.go.com, D23. URL consultato il 13 gennaio 2012 (archiviato dall'url originale l'11 gennaio 2012).
«“Lilongo” was written by Felipe “El Charro” Gil, and copyrighted in the U.S. by the music publisher Peer International Corp. in 1946. It is in the Son Jarocho style, a traditional musical style of the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Gil was born in Misantla, Veracruz, in 1913, into a family of musicians, and he made a study of the music of the area.»