137D. By the Waters of Babylon
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: |
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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 (18 more...) |
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. |