Psalms for All Seasons ‎#137D

137D. By the Waters of Babylon

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Text Information

• First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon
• Title: By the Waters of Babylon
• Author (stanzas 2-4): Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 137
• Topic: Atheism; Biblical Names and Places: Babylon; Biblical Names and Places: Edom; Biblical Names and Places: Jerusalem; Biblical Names and Places: Zion; Biblical Names and Places: Zoan; Exile; God's: Vengeance; God's: Will; God's: Love; Happiness; Jesus Christ: Healer; Judgment; Lament: Community; Lament: General; Life Stages: Death; Loneliness; Musical Instruments; People of God / Church: Suffering; Sorrow; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 2-8
• Source: Stanzas 1 and 5 Traditional
• Copyright: Sts. 2-4 © 1996, 2011 Hope Publishing Company

Tune Information

• Name: BY THE WATERS
• Key: a minor
• Source: Traditional Jewish melody.
• Notes: This is a wonderful three-part canon, but it may be a bit much to sing all the stanzas in canon. One option for singing all the stanzas is to have all sing st. 1 in unison; group 1 sing st. 2; group 2 sing st. 3; group 3 sing st. 4; sing st. 5 in canon several times, beginning with group 1 and adding groups 2 and 3, as indicated in the music. At the end, sing quietly.