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Thread #99389 Message #1979544
Posted By: Azizi
25-Feb-07 - 11:55 PM
Thread Name: African Folk Songs
Subject: Add: Lyr: Ise Oluwa
ISE OLUWA
{traditional Yoruba [Nigeria] hymn}
Ise Oluwa
Kole Bage O
Ise Oluwa
Kole Bage O
Kole Bage O
Kole Bage O
Ise Oluwa
Kole Bage O.
-snip-
Ise Oluwa translated means "God's Work Will Never Be Destroyed".
[as per spoken introduction to the song by Sweet Honey In The Rock]
Ise Oluwa is included on this CD:
Sweet Honey in the Rock~Johnson, Bernice|All for Freedom|1989|Music for Little People|MLP D-2230
So Glad I'm Here|2:43
Cumbayah|2:28
Down in the Valley Two by Two|1:45
Little Shekere, The|2:54
Little Red Caboose, The|2:53
All For Freedom|1:14
Juba|3:17
Everybody Ought to Know|1:33
Calypso Freedom|4:06
Amen|2:01
Ise Oluwa|3:17
Meeting at the Building|3:23
Johanna and Rhody|3:15
Make New Friends|0:46
Horse and Buggy|1:03
Silvie|2:00
Alunde and the Story of Ono|8:20
from http://www.folklib.net/uwp/wrp_sweet_honey.shtml
Note: "Oluwa" is one name for the Yoruba Supreme Deity