My Collection of Yoruba Hymns

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds Mo mo pe Oludande mi n be Y'o tun duro ni aye yi Mo mo pe O fun mi ni iye Ore-ofe n be l'owo Re Refrain: Mo mo pe Jesu n be ni aaye Y'o tun duro ni aye yi Mo mo pe O fun mi ni iye Ore-ofe n be l'owo Re Mo mo pe' leri Re ko le ye Oro Re ye titi lailai B'iku tile pa ara mi run Emi yo ri lojukoju Mo mo pe O n pese aye de mi 'Biti O wa l'emi y'o wa O n pa mi mo titi d'igbana O n pada bo lati mu mi Source: Iwe Orin Irapada Ti Ijo Aposteli Naa #776 I know that my Redeemer liveth, And on the earth again shall stand; I know eternal life He giveth, That grace and power are in His hand. Chorus: I know, I know that Jesus liveth, And on the earth again shall stand; I know, I know that life He giveth, That grace and power are in His hand. I know His promise never faileth, The word He speaks, it cannot die; Tho' cruel death my flesh assaileth, Yet I shall see Him by and by< I

Text: Isaac Watts Eyin t'e fe Oluwa E fi ayo yin han E jumo ko orin didun/2x K'e si y'ite na ka/2x A n yan lo si Sion Sion t'o dara julo A n yan goke lo si Sion Ilu Olorun wa Awon ti ko korin Ni ko m'Olorun wa Sugbon awa omo Oba/2x Yio so ayo won ka/2x Oke Sion n mu Egberun adun wa Ki a to de gbangba orun/2x Pelu ita wura/2x Nje k'a maa korin lo K'omije gbogbo gbe A n yan n'ile Emmanuel/2x Saye didan loke/2x Source: Yoruba Baptist Hymnal #285 Come, ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. We’re marching to Zion, Beautiful, beautiful Zion; We’re marching upward to Zion, The beautiful city of God. The sorrows of the mind Be banished from the place; Religion never was designed To make our pleasures less. Let those refuse to sing, Who never knew our God; But children of the heav’nly King May speak their joys abroad. The men of grace hav