My Collection of Yoruba Hymns

Words: Philip Doddridge, refrain from Wesleyan Sacred Harp Ojo ayo l’ ojo ti mo Yan O, 'Wo Olugbala mi; O to ki okan mi ko yo, K’o si sayo re kakiri. Ojo nla l’ ojo na! Ti Jesu we ese mi nu O ko mi ki n ma gbadura Ki nma sora ki nsi ma yo Ojo nla l’ ojo na! Ti Jesu we ese mi nu. A ti pari ise nla naa Emi t'Oluwa O'n temi O fa mi mo si tele O Mo yo lati gba ipe naa. Simi aisokan, okan mi, Simi lori ipinnu yi; Mo ripa to lola nibi, Ayo orun kun mi laya. Orun giga to gbeje mi, Yoo gbo lotun lojojumo, Titi n o fi fibukun fun, Idapo yi loju iku. O happy day, that fixed my choice On Thee, my Savior and my God! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad. Happy day, happy day, When Jesus washed my sins away! He taught me how to watch and pray, And live rejoicing every day: Happy day, happy day, When Jesus washed my sins away! O happy bond, that seals my vows To Him Who merits all my love! Let cheerful an...

Words:Martin Rinkart, circa 1636 (Nun danket alle Gott); first appeared in Praxis Pietatis Melica, by Johann Crüger (Berlin, Germany: 1647); translated from German to English by Catherine Winkworth, 1856 . A fope f'Olorun lokan ati lohun wa: Eni sohun 'yanu, n'nu Eni taraye n yo. Gba ta wa lomo'wo, Oun na lo n toju wa, O si febun ife se'toju wa sibe. Oba Onibuore, ma fi wa sile lailai, Ayo ti ko lopin oun 'bukun yoo je tiwa. Pa wa mo ninu ore, to wa 'gba ba damu, Yo wa ninu ibi laye ati lorun. Ka fiyin oun ope f'Olorun Baba, Omo Ati Emi Mimo ti O ga julo lorun Olorun kan lailai taye atorun n bo Bee l'O wa d'isinyi,  beeni y'O wa lailai. Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, ...