Kum Bay Ya, My Lord

Kum bay ya, my Lord, 

Kum bay ya.

Kum bay ya, my Lord,

Kum bay ya.

Kum bay ya, my Lord, 

Kum bay ya.

O Lord, kum bay ya.

Someone need you, Lord.

Come by here.

Someone need you, Lord.

Come by here.

Someone need you, Lord. 

Come by here.

Oh, Lord, come by here.

--Spiritual song, first recorded in the 1920s, with roots in the South. I learned it as a Girl Scout in the early 1970s, singing by the campfire. Grateful that it came to mind at a difficult time today. I just read that kum ba yah is an African phrase.