Bu the Rivers of Babylon Lyrics

 

Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 

 

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 

 

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song*; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 

 

4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? 

 

[Chorus]
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Yeah, we wept
When we remembered Zion
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Yeah, we wept
When we remembered Zion

[Verse 1]
When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song
In a strange land?
When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Requiring of us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song
In a strange land?

[Verse 2]
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

[Chorus]
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Yeah, we wept
When we remembered Zion
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Yeah, we wept
When we remembered Zion

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
By the rivers of Babylon
(Dark tears of Babylon)
There we sat down
(You got to sing a song)
Yeah we wept
(Sing a song of love)
When we remembered Zion
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
By the rivers of Babylon
(Rough bits of Babylon)
There we sat down
(You hear the people cry)
Yeah we wept
(They need their god)
When we remembered Zion
(Ooh, have the power)