Kumbaya

In 1926 H. Wylie, a Gullah Geechee man, made the first ever recording of the folk song kumbaya in Darien, Georgia. The Gullah Geechee people whose enslaved ancestors were brought to the southeastern coast of America from West Africa. In an effort to promote and preserve the Gullah culture and land that has been under threat by rising property values, residents lobbied Congress to acknowledge the origins of this hymn, and two months ago representative Buddy Carter recognized this culture's contribution to American History.
The historical context of kumbaya is that the chorus is actually "Come by Here", calling for God to help these oppressed people, but as John Eligon writes because of the "Gullah's Creole accent sounds like cum-by-yah. Over time, that pronunciation transformed into what we know today as kumbaya".
The article has the recording of the original 1926 version sang by H. Wylie that is kept at the American Folklore Center at the Library of Congress, but some of the lyrics are:
Kumbaya my Lord, Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya. Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya.
Someone's laughing Lord, kumbaya. Someone's laughing Lord, kumbaya.
Someone's crying Lord, kumbaya. Someone's crying Lord, kumbaya. 

Link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/kumbaya-gullah-geechee.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront