Come By Here - , / WITNESS: Rejoice! (2021-2022)

Season	2021-2022
Performance Date	March 6, 2022
Performance Year	2022
Performance Time	4:00 PM
Location	Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Performance Title	WITNESS: Rejoice!
Arranger	Kyle Pederson
Country	United States
Year Composed	2020
Timing	5'18"
Performers	VocalEssence Chorus, VocalEssence Singers Of This Age
Notes	African American spiritual
About The Piece	Kum Ba Ya (also known as Come By Here) is a song of enslaved Africans with origins in the Sea Islands off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.
Text Translation	Come by here, my Lord, come by here. O Lord, come by here. Someone’s praying, Lord, come by here. O Lord, come by here. Someone’s crying, Lord, come by here. O Lord, come by here. In the morning, Lord, you are here. In the evening, Lord, you are here. In my waking, Lord, you are here. In my sleeping, Lord, you are here. In my pleading, Lord, you are here. In my waiting, caring, blessing, Lord, you are here. In my loving, hoping, grieving, you are here. In my longing, falling, hiding, rising, healing, aching, laughing, praising, seeking, finding, breathing, dying, Lord, you are here. Come by here, my Lord, come by here. O Lord, you are here. —African American spiritual with additional lyrics by Kyle Pederson
Categories	WITNESS Repertoire

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