Glory to God ‎#472

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:
  Psalm 145:18-19
  ;
  Matthew 18:20
  ;
  Luke 6:21
  ;
  Philippians 4:4-6
• 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.