... was sung in Gullah, the Creole dialect spoken by the former slaves living on the Sea Islands of South Carolinaand Georgia. In Gullah, "Kumbaya" means "Come by here", so the lyric could be translated as "Come by here, my lord, come by here ...
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kumbaya is a song that ppl sing to cheer ppls spirits
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Kumbaya is a popular African saying meaning "come by here", and
is included in a popular religious song for Christians: "Kumbaya My
Lord"