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Text:By the Waters of Babylon
Tune:BY THE WATERS
Adapter:Philip Hayes

695. By the Waters of Babylon

By the waters, the waters of Babylon,
we sat down and wept,
and wept for thee, Zion.
We remember thee, remember thee, remember thee, Zion.

Text Information
First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon
Title: By the Waters of Babylon
Meter: Irregular
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture:
Topic: Exile; Grief; Immigration and Refugees (2 more...)
Source: Psalm 137:1
Tune Information
Name: BY THE WATERS
Adapter: Philip Hayes
Meter: Irregular
Key: a minor
Source: Traditional; Adapt. Philip Hayes (England), The Muses’ Delight: Catches, Glees, Canzonets, and Canons, 1786, alt.
Notes: Canon



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