Kum Ba Yah
[meaning Come By Here from Gullah creole, being a
traditional spiritual, sung before 1922 as documented by the
Society for the Preservation of Spirituals, and recorded in May
1936 by Robert Winslow Gordon (founder of the American Folklife
Center) after a performance by Ethel Best in Raiford, Florida;
but it was copyrighted (1939) by Marvin V. Frey, who claimed to
have composed it in 1936 after being inspired by prayer; this
folk song was recorded by Joe Hickerson and the Folksmiths
(1957), Pete Seeger (1958), The Weavers (1959), Joan Baez (1962),
Shlomo Carlebach (1963), The Seekers (1963), Tommy Leonetti
(1969), Guadalcanal Diary (1984), Peter, Paul, and Mary (1998),
becoming associated with the civil rights and anti-war movements,
and is a common campfire sing-along of Scouts and Guides; also
spelled "Kumbaya", "Koombaya", "Cum Ba Ya", and "Come By Yuh"]
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Oh I need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh I need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh I need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Kum Ba Yah
Kum ba yah, our Lord, kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, our Lord, kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, our Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Someone's angry, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's angry, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's angry, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Someone's hurting, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's hurting, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's hurting, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Someone's laughing, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's laughing, Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's laughing, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Oh we need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh we need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh we need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, won't you kum ba yah
Kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, [won't You] kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, [won't You] kumbayah
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, [won't You] kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, [won't You] kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, [won't You] kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, [won't You] kumbaya
Oh Lord, [won't You] kumbaya
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