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853. We Are Marching in the Light of God (Siyahamba)

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Text Information

• First Line: We are marching in the light of God (Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos')
• Title: We Are Marching in the Light of God (Siyahamba)
• Xhosa Title: Siyahamba
• Translator (English): Garcia Grindal (1984)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English; Zulu
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 89:15
  ;
  Isaiah 49:1-6
  ;
  Isaiah 60:1-11
  ;
  John 12:35
  ;
  Ephesians 5:8
  ;
  1 John 1:6-7
  ;
  Revelation 21:22-26
• Topic: Freedom; Light; Music and the Arts; Trusting in the Promises of God
• Source: South African
• Copyright: © 1984 Utryck (admin. Walton Music Corp.)
• ONE LICENSE: 96978

Tune Information

• Name: SIYAHAMBA
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: G Major
• Source: South Afircan; arr. Freedom Is Coming, 1984
• Copyright: © 1984 Utryck (admin. Walton Music Corp.)

Text Information:

This lively Zulu/Xhosa freedom song originated in a Methodist young men’s group in South Africa and has gone on to become popular in many other languages around the globe. Some additional stanzas are suggested, but others may be improvised as appropriate to the occasion.