Jesu, Jesu - Ghanaian folk song adapted by Tom Colvin; Hari Bayani - vocals and piano

Jesu, Jesu
Based on John 13:3-5
Ghanaian folk song, "Chereponi"
Translated and adapted by Tom Colvin

Hari Bayani, vocals and piano
Recorded Wednesday, July 28, 2021
The Community Church of Honolulu

This is a very simple but powerful song, about how we must love and serve one another as Jesus taught us, by word and example. I recorded this originally for use in my church's online worship services.

I only have one important comment to make - in Verse 2, in hindsight, I would replace the word "race" with another word. I believe that we are all only ONE race, i.e. the HUMAN RACE. The evil known as "racism" is based on the belief that people belong to different "races," which I interpret as "species." This was particularly popular among the Nazis as they espoused the notion of a superior "Aryan race" and the pseudo-science quackery known as Eugenics. We are definitely various tribes, cultures, bloodlines, ethnic groups, etc., but race is one word I would not use in describing our differences. At any rate, I recorded the song as-is.

Text and music © 1969, Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. This recording was made as a labor of love and is for non-commercial use only.

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