Gba Aiye Mi Oluwa

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Gba aiye mi oluwa

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal
Tune: ST. BEES (Dykes)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Gba aiye mi oluwa,
Mo ya si mimo fun O
Gba gbogbo akoko mi
Ki nwon kun fin iyin Re.

2 Gba owo mi, k’o si je
Ki nma lo fun ife Re;
Gba ese mi, k’o si je
Ma jise fun O titi

3 Gba ohun mi, je ki nma
Korin f’oba mi titi;
Gba ete mi, je ki wom
Ma jise fun o titi.

4 Gba wure, fadaka mi
Okan nki o da duro;
Gba ogbon mi, ko si lo
Gege bi o ba ti fe.

5 Gba ’fe mi. fi se Tire;
Kio tun je temi mo;
Gb’ okan mi, Tire n’ ise
Ma gunwa nibe titi.

6 Gba ’feran mi, Oluwa
Mo fi gbogbo re fun O
Gb’emi papa; lat’ one
Ki’m je Tire titi lai.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15880

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Author: Frances Ridley Havergal

Havergal, Frances Ridley, daughter of the Rev. W. H. Havergal, was born at Astley, Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836. Five years later her father removed to the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Worcester. In August, 1850, she entered Mrs. Teed's school, whose influence over her was most beneficial. In the following year she says, "I committed my soul to the Saviour, and earth and heaven seemed brighter from that moment." A short sojourn in Germany followed, and on her return she was confirmed in Worcester Cathedral, July 17, 1853. In 1860 she left Worcester on her father resigning the Rectory of St. Nicholas, and resided at different periods in Leamington, and at Caswall Bay, Swansea, broken by visits to Switzerland, Scotland, and North Wales. She died… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Gba aiye mi oluwa
Title:	Gba Aiye Mi Oluwa
English Title:	Take my life and let it be
Author:	Frances Ridley Havergal
Meter:	7.7.7.7
Language:	Yoruba
Copyright:	Public Domain