Gullah Geechee community credited with “Kumbaya"

[sun rise]

I'm glad to have heard the origin of the song. I knew it was an African-American spiritual and was asking God for help, but I did not know its origin before now.

Gullah Geechee community finally credited with song “Kumbaya"

The story goes that Robert Winslow Gordon, a Harvard graduate who later became the first Head of the Archive of American Song at the Library of Congress, recorded the song in 1926. Henry Wylie was the singer and a member of the Gullah Geechee community. “Kumbaya” meant “Come by here” in Gullah and was a plea to God for help.

 

[Revoltingest]

Great...just great....blaming black folk for that annoying ditty.

 

[sun rise]

Great...just great....blaming black folk for that annoying ditty.

Now I know how to get your goat (but you can keep your haggis and bacon)

So this is for you with accompanying images that I hope affect you as you expect them to.

 

[sooda]

I'm glad to have heard the origin of the song. I knew it was an African-American spiritual and was asking God for help, but I did not know its origin before now.

Gullah Geechee community finally credited with song “Kumbaya"

The story goes that Robert Winslow Gordon, a Harvard graduate who later became the first Head of the Archive of American Song at the Library of Congress, recorded the song in 1926. Henry Wylie was the singer and a member of the Gullah Geechee community. “Kumbaya” meant “Come by here” in Gullah and was a plea to God for help.

I thought everyone knew about Gullah and Geechee.