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BABEL'S STREAMS

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Stephen Jenks Tune Key: e minor or modal Incipit: 11765 43455 65434 Used With Text: By Babel's streams we sat and wept

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By Babel's streams we sat and wept

Hymnal: The Sacred Harp #126 (1991) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Languages: English Tune Title: BABEL'S STREAMS

By Babel's stream we sat and wept

Hymnal: The Psalms of David, in Metre #d12 (1849)

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Stephen Jenks

1772 - 1856 Composer of "BABEL'S STREAMS" in The Sacred Harp Born: March 17, 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island. Died: June 3, 1856, Thompson, Ohio. Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Thompson, Ohio. During his life, Jenks moved from town to town, living in Ridgefield and New Canaan, Connecticut; Pound Ridge, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island; finally settling in Thompson, Ohio, in 1829. After moving to Ohio, he became a farmer and a maker of percussion instruments. His works include: The New-England Harmonist (Danbury, Connecticut, 1799) The Musical Harmonist (New Haven, Connecticut, 1800. The American Compiler, with Elijah Griswold (Northampton, Massachusetts, 1803) The Delights of Harmony (New Haven, Connecticut, 1804) The Delights of Harmony; or, Norfolk Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1805) Additional Music, to the Delights of Harmony The Delights of Harmony; or, Union Compiler, 1806 The Jovial Songster (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1806) The Hartford Collection of Sacred Harmony, with Elijah Griswold and John C. Frisbie (Hartford, Connecticut: 1807) The Royal Harmony of Zion (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1810) The Christian Harmony (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811) The Harmony of Zion; or, Union Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811) The Whistle (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811) --www.hymntime.com/tch
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