“T’OLORUN LAWA OSE” – NATIVE AIR
Author: Unknown
The name of the original composer of the tune is unknown. But the story has it that a man was said to have quarrel with his wife who packed up all her belongings and went to her father’s house. The father-in-law sent for the husband to settle the quarrel between him and his wife.
However, the husband sent a message back to his father-in-law stating that when there was a quarrel between him and his wife, the quarrel had to be settled in his own house and not in his father-in-law’s house, and for that reason he could not answer his father-in-law’s call.
This message annoyed his father-in-law. When the husband heard of this, he started to sing the following song:
“The greatest sacrifice a man can make is death. When a father-in-law is annoyed, the best he can do is to retain his daughter”.
The first Christian Pastor known to have used this tune for a religious service was the late Rev. J. J. Ransome Kuti.
His own song was:
“We shall do God’s will,
All that the devil can do
Will be of no avail,
We shall do God’s will”.
A few alterations have been made in the original verses to provide only one music for the three verses of the song and which is now rendered as a three-part song in Yoruba Language.
T’OLORUN L’AWA O SE
1. E t’Olorun l’ awa o se o,
E t’Olorun l’ awa o se o, /2ce
Esu nse sa, Oluwa,
Esu nse sa ko ri pa kan sa,
E t’Olorun l’ awa o se o.
2. Awa o juba Olorun o
Awa o juba Olorun o, /2ce
Oba t’ oni wa, t’ oda wa
Oba t’ oni wa l’ awa o maa sin,
Awa o juba Olorun o.
3. O ye ka fi yin f’Olorun o
O ye ka fi yin f’Olorun o, /2ce
Oba to naiye, to d’ orun,
Oba to naiye l’ awa o maa yin,
O ye ka fi yin f’Olorun o.
Author: Unknown
The name of the original composer of the tune is unknown. But the story has it that a man was said to have quarrel with his wife who packed up all her belongings and went to her father’s house. The father-in-law sent for the husband to settle the quarrel between him and his wife.
However, the husband sent a message back to his father-in-law stating that when there was a quarrel between him and his wife, the quarrel had to be settled in his own house and not in his father-in-law’s house, and for that reason he could not answer his father-in-law’s call.
This message annoyed his father-in-law. When the husband heard of this, he started to sing the following song:
“The greatest sacrifice a man can make is death. When a father-in-law is annoyed, the best he can do is to retain his daughter”.
The first Christian Pastor known to have used this tune for a religious service was the late Rev. J. J. Ransome Kuti.
His own song was:
“We shall do God’s will,
All that the devil can do
Will be of no avail,
We shall do God’s will”.
A few alterations have been made in the original verses to provide only one music for the three verses of the song and which is now rendered as a three-part song in Yoruba Language.
T’OLORUN L’AWA O SE
1. E t’Olorun l’ awa o se o,
E t’Olorun l’ awa o se o, /2ce
Esu nse sa, Oluwa,
Esu nse sa ko ri pa kan sa,
E t’Olorun l’ awa o se o.
2. Awa o juba Olorun o
Awa o juba Olorun o, /2ce
Oba t’ oni wa, t’ oda wa
Oba t’ oni wa l’ awa o maa sin,
Awa o juba Olorun o.
3. O ye ka fi yin f’Olorun o
O ye ka fi yin f’Olorun o, /2ce
Oba to naiye, to d’ orun,
Oba to naiye l’ awa o maa yin,
O ye ka fi yin f’Olorun o.
Adesegun Akitoye
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