TRADITIONAL - "kumbaya" Tablature

Official TRADITIONAL Tablature & Sheet Music »

From: schrey@globalnet.hn (Bob Schrey, J. Edwards Real)
Subject: t/traditional/kumbaya.crd
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 17:35:45 -0600



Hope you enjoy this and can improve on it. Copy me if you make some
improvements.

Bob Schrey

Kumbaya Marvin V. Frey-1930's(with Angolan translation)


C F C
Kumbaya, my Lord,, kum-ba - ya (3x)
EM (F) (C) G
O Lord, kum-ba - ya.


C F C
Someone's sleeping***, Lord, kum-ba - ya (3x)
EM (F) (C) G
O Lord, kum-ba - ya.

(Other verses)

C F C
Come by here, my Lord, come by here (3x)
EM (F) (C) G
O Lord, come by here.

***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.

Return to TRADITIONAL Tablature »

Official TRADITIONAL Tablature & Sheet Music »