Posted by Ron+ on July 02, 2008 at 17:41:00:
In Reply to: Kum Ba Ya posted by Stefan Rudolph on May 10, 2003 at 08:38:45:
The Wikipedia listing is reasonably complete based on the folk lore around the song and pretty much what anyone seems to know. However, if you assume it has it's origin in Hebrew... and we really don't know, Kum ba Jah means to stand up straight and remain standing before JHWH.