Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#475

475. By the Babylonian Rivers

Text Information

• First Line: By the Babylonian rivers
• Title: By the Babylonian Rivers
• Author: Ewald Bash (1964, alt.)
• Meter: 87.87
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 137
  ;
  Psalm 137:1-4
• Topic: God: Strength, Protection and Trust; Pilgrimage
• Copyright: Adapt. text © 1964 The American Lutheran Church, by permission of Augsburg Fortress

Tune Information

• Name: KAS DZIEDAJA
• Arranger: Mark Sedio (1995)
• Meter: 87.87
• Key: c minor or modal
• Source: Latvian folk tune; Arr. With One Voice, 1995
• Copyright: Arr. © 1995 Augsburg Fortress

Text Information:

This hymn, written for the American Lutheran Church Youth Department, is a paraphrase of Psalm 137, which recalls the Babylonian exile of the Hebrews

Tune Information:

The pairing of text to this Latvian melody occurred in a London Catholic Hymnal in 1971