Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#256

256. Kum ba Yah

Text Information

• First Line: Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
• Title: Kum ba Yah
• Author: Marvin Virgil Frey (1939)
• Meter: 88.85
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: Gathering

Tune Information

• Name: DESMOND
• Composer: Marvin Virgil Frey (1939)
• Meter: 88.85
• Key: D Major

Text Information:

Long thought to be of folk origin, this hymn was written by Frey, who taught it to an eleven-year old boy. The boy's family carried it to Africa where it was put into Angolan dialect and, later, brought back to the United States in that form