Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
[Verse 1]
Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish
Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish
Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal
[Verse 2]
Joy of the desolate, light of the straying
Hope, hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure, here
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying
"Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure"
[Outro]
I said, "Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure"
Come Ye Disconsolate was written by Traditional.
Come Ye Disconsolate was produced by Joel Dorn & Arif Mardin.
According to Roberta, she and Donny decided to record this hymn when their producers said they needed two or three more songs for their duet album.
Because we were both from the church – and had that special church background – I asked him in the studio if he knew “Come Ye Disconsolate”. He said, “...