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Yoruba Baptist Hymns No. 596

YO, eyin onigbagbo

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Verse 1

YO, eyin onigbagbo,
Je k’ imole nyin tan;
Igba ale mbo tete,
Oru si fere de.
Oko iyawo dide,
O fere sunmo ‘le;
Dide, gbadura, sora,
L’ oru n’ igbe y’o ta.

Verse 2

E be fitila nyin wo,
F’ ororo sinu won;
E duro de ‘gbala nyin
Ipari ‘se aiye;
Awon oluso nwipe,
Oko ‘yawo de tan;
E pade re, b’ o ti mbo,
Pelu orin iyin.

Verse 3

Enyin iyawo mimo,
Gbe ohun nyin soke
Titi, n’nu orin ayo
Pelu awon Angel’
Onje iyawo se tan,
‘Lekun na si sile,
Dide, arole ogo
Oko iyawo mbo.

Verse 4

Enyin ti e nfi suru
Ru agbelebu nyin,
E o si joba lailai
‘Gbati ‘ponju ba tan,
Yi ite ogo Re ka
E o r’ Od’ agutan,
E o f’ ade ogo nyin
Lele niwaju Re.

Verse 5

Jesu, ‘Wo ireti wa
F’ ara Re han fun wa,
Wo Orun t’ a ti nreti
Ran s’ ori ile wa;
A gbe owo wa s’ oke,
Oluwa je k’ a ri
Ojo ‘rapada aiye
T’ o mu wa d’ odo Re.

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