“Kumbaya”
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“Kumbaya” is a traditional spiritual song that became widely known in the 20th century folk revival and is often associated with communal singing and themes of peace and unity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Kumbaya” canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5374693 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Kumbaya” Context triple: [Joan Baez in Concert, hasPart, “Kumbaya”]
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A.
The Universal Song
The Universal Song is a track by the band Cafe Racers, likely reflecting their signature style within their musical catalog.
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B.
"A Song for Everyone"
"A Song for Everyone" is a musical work by American musician and composer Peter Buffett, reflecting his melodic, contemporary style.
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C.
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” is a popular 1950s country-pop song best known through Perry Como’s hit recording, which became one of his signature tunes.
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D.
Holy Willie's Prayer
"Holy Willie's Prayer" is a satirical Scots-language poem by Robert Burns that mocks religious hypocrisy and self-righteous Calvinism through the dramatic monologue of a sanctimonious church elder.
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E.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Kumbaya” Target entity description: “Kumbaya” is a traditional spiritual song that became widely known in the 20th century folk revival and is often associated with communal singing and themes of peace and unity.
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A.
The Universal Song
The Universal Song is a track by the band Cafe Racers, likely reflecting their signature style within their musical catalog.
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B.
"A Song for Everyone"
"A Song for Everyone" is a musical work by American musician and composer Peter Buffett, reflecting his melodic, contemporary style.
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C.
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” is a popular 1950s country-pop song best known through Perry Como’s hit recording, which became one of his signature tunes.
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D.
Holy Willie's Prayer
"Holy Willie's Prayer" is a satirical Scots-language poem by Robert Burns that mocks religious hypocrisy and self-righteous Calvinism through the dramatic monologue of a sanctimonious church elder.
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E.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
spiritual song ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
Gullah people ⓘ
linked to:
Gullah
|
| associatedRegion |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| associatedWith |
20th-century folk revival
ⓘ
campfire singing ⓘ civil rights era ⓘ communal singing ⓘ |
| collectedBy | American folklorists ⓘ |
| culturalStatus |
symbol of group solidarity
ⓘ
widely known in the United States ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from phrase meaning Come by here ⓘ |
| firstDocumented | 1920s ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ spiritual ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Come By Here
ⓘ
Kum Ba Yah ⓘ |
| hasCulturalConnotation |
idealistic harmony
ⓘ
naive optimism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | American folk music repertoire ⓘ |
| hasLyric |
Someone’s crying, Lord, kumbaya
ⓘ
Someone’s praying, Lord, kumbaya ⓘ Someone’s singing, Lord, kumbaya ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya ⓘ |
| hasStructure | call and response ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comfort in hardship
ⓘ
communal prayer ⓘ peace ⓘ unity ⓘ |
| includedIn | many folk song anthologies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originatesFrom |
African American spiritual tradition
ⓘ
Gullah-speaking communities of the American South ⓘ |
| popularizedIn |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
religious choirs
ⓘ
various folk artists ⓘ |
| typicalPerformance |
acoustic guitar accompaniment
ⓘ
unaccompanied group singing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk music concerts
ⓘ
protest gatherings ⓘ religious services ⓘ youth camps ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Kumbaya” Description of subject: “Kumbaya” is a traditional spiritual song that became widely known in the 20th century folk revival and is often associated with communal singing and themes of peace and unity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Joan Baez in Concert"