E T' Olorun lawa o se o

8.    E T’ OLORUN LAWA O SE O – AKOKUN 24

Tune: Native Air

Author: Unknown

Presenter: Sis. A. A. Adesina

The name of the original composer of the tune is unknown. But the story has it that a man was said to have quarreled 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 is a quarrel between him and his wife, the quarrel has 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 Revd. 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 which is now rendered as a three-part song.

Please enjoy this Hymn by Singing and Dancing to the Tune.

AKOKUN 24

1.    E t’ Olorun l’ awa o se o,

E t’ Olorun l’ awa o se o,

Esu nse sa, Oluwa,

Esu nse sa ko r’ ipa kan sa,

E t’ Olorun l’ awa o se o.

2.    E, a o juba f’ Olorun o,

E, a o juba f’ Olorun o,

Enit’  o ni wa, l’ Oluwa,

Enit’ o ni wa l’o ye k’ awa sin,

E, a o juba f’ Olorun o.

3.    O ye k’a f’ iyin f’ Olorun o,

O ye k’a f’ iyin f’ Olorun o,

Oba t’o ni wa l’ Oluwa,

Oba t’o ni wa, On ni Jesu,

O ye k’a f’ iyin f’ Olorun o.

Adesegun Akitoye

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