Singing the Living Tradition ‎#401

401. Kum ba Yah (Come by Here)

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.
Oh, Lord, kum ba yah!

2 Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah.
Oh, Lord, kum ba yah!

3 Someone’s laughing, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s laughing, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s laughing, Lord, kum ba yah.
Oh, Lord, kum ba yah!

4 Someone’s weeping, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s weeping, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s weeping, Lord, kum ba yah.
Oh, Lord, kum ba yah!

5 Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah.
Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah.
Oh, Lord, kum ba yah!

6 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!

Text Information

• First Line: Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
• Title: Kum ba Yah (Come by Here)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Service Music: Responses, Rounds, and Chants; Healing and Comfort; Intergenerational; Prayer and Meditation
• Source: African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875

Tune Information

• Name: DESMOND
• Harmonizer: Carlton R. Young, 1926-
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: C Major
• Source: African American spiritual
• Copyright: Harm. © 1989 The United Methodist PUblishing House