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Kumbaya v1 Traditional
[C]Kumbaya, my Lord,, kum-ba - ya ([F]3x)[C]
O L[EM]ord, k[F]um-ba -[C] ya.[G]
Someone's sleeping[C]***, Lord, kum-ba - ya (3x)[F] [C]
O L[EM]ord, [F]kum-ba [C]- ya.[G]
(Other verses)
Come by here, m[C]y Lord, come by here (3x[F])[C]
O L[EM]ord, c[F]ome by [C] here.[G]
***Singing, dreaming, crying, laughing, etc.
"Kumbaya is Angolan dialect for "Come by here". Frey wrote the gospel chorus "Come By Here" in the 1930's. A missionary couple learned the song & used it in their work in Angola. When the song returned to the U.S., its original source had been lost. Joan Baez & Weavers have recorded it along with others.
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