2006-07-24 02:00:51 · 7 answers · asked by anthonyking_2005 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Kumbaya my Lord Kumbaya,Kumbaya actually means come by here,as in come by here my Lord come by here.It is an old African song.
2006-07-24 02:02:14 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gullah word "Kumbaya" is derived from the Standard English phrase "come by here."
Originally a spiritual, the song enjoyed newfound popularity during the folk revival of the 1960s, largely due to Joan Baez' 1962 recording of the song, and became associated with the civil rights struggles of that decade.
2006-07-24 09:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "come by here". The song "Kumbaya" originated in South Carolina as a Gullah spiritual, sometime around the 1920's. Gullah is a blend of English and African languages that developed among the slave communities on the islands off the South Carolina coast near Charleston. The phrase "kumbaya" in Gullah is really just a heavily accented version of the English phrase "come by here". American missionaries took the song to Africa in the 1930's, where it was later "rediscovered" in Angola in the 1950's, leading many to believe that the song had its origins in Angola.
2006-07-24 09:16:17 · answer #3 · answered by Cheppyyyyy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come by You
2006-07-24 09:03:59 · answer #4 · answered by niki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come by here.
2006-07-24 09:02:39 · answer #5 · answered by crispy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kum ba ya...
come by here...
forgot what language
2006-07-24 09:03:57 · answer #6 · answered by Sufi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
come by me
2006-07-24 09:04:21 · answer #7 · answered by kirsty_cows 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋