The Minstrel of Zion ‎#156

156. "Babylon is fallen"

1 Hail the day so long expected,
Hail the year of full release;
Zion's walls are now erected,
And the watchmen publish peace
From the distant courts of Zion,
Hear the trumpet loudly roar,--

Chorus:
Bab'lon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen,
Bab'lon is fallen, to rise no more.

2 Hear the people sadly crying,
While their city disappears;
Trade and traffic all are dying;
Every eye is bathed in tears:
Merchants raise their lamentation,
Crying from a distant shore,-- [Chorus]

3 Where is now her former glory?
Where is now her pride and show?
One brief day relates the story
Of her final overthrow:
Raise your wailings, kings and nobles,
Priests and people, rich and poor,-- [Chorus]

4 Shout, ye saints, in exultation,
Now your enemies are slain:
Raise the anthem of salvation;
Sing the grand millennial reign:
Let the universal chorus
Be repeated o'er and o'er,-- [Chorus]

5 Hark! the sound of many voices,
Issuing from the crystal skies;--
Heaven's unnumber'd host rejoices,
Swelling hallelujah's rise:
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
God's Almighty power adore! [Chorus]

6 Glory, honour, and salvation,
Cry th' enraptured throngs again,
While each Elder from his station,
Shouts the long and loud amen:
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Sounding still like thunder's roar,— [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Hail the day so long expected
• Title: "Babylon is fallen"
• Refrain First Line: Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen
• Publication Date: 1845

Tune Information

• Name: "BABYLON IS FALLEN"
• Meter: P. M.
• Key: G Major or modal