472. Kum ba Yah

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1 Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
O Lord, kum ba yah!

2 Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah!
O Lord, kum ba yah!

3 Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah!
O Lord, kum ba yah!

4 Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah!
O Lord, kum ba yah!

Text Information
First Line: Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Title: Kum ba Yah
Meter: 8.8.8.5
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Comfort; Prayer
Source: African American spiritual
Notes: *Come by here
Tune Information
Name: KUM BA YAH
Meter: 8.8.8.5
Key: D Major
Source: African American spiritual


Text Information:

This African American spiritual, first recorded in the 1920s, seems to have originated somewhere in the southern United States. It enjoyed renewed popularity during the folk revival of the 1960s and became a standard campfire song, eventually traveling throughout the world.


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