Kum Ba Yah (Come by Here)

When we were very young our mother would sing this Afro American spirtual over and over again. It was quite strange that she being a Chinese, she would sing this spiritual as if she was in the cotton fields. she would then tell us stories about the slaves, Abraham Lincoln, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. And of course we enjoyed Uncle Tom's Cabin. We also watched the videos of these titles.

The spiritual somehow just sticks in your head, and it is naturally played over and over again.

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 praying, Lord......

3. Someone's crying, Lord....

4. Someone needs you, Lord....

5. Someone's singing, Lord....

6, Let us praise the Lord....

This spiritual must have meant a lot to her. She learned this when she was in her secondary school. She never forgot the lyrics.

(United Methodist Hymnal 494)