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Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: By Babel's streams we sat and wept Lyrics:
1By Babel’s streams we sat and wept,
when Sion we thought on.
2In midst thereof we hang’d our harps
the willow-trees upon.
3For there a song required they,
who did us captive bring:
Our spoilers call’d for mirth, and said,
A song of Sion sing.
4O how the Lord’s song shall we sing
within a foreign land?
5If thee, Jerus’lem, I forget,
skill part from my right hand.
6My tongue to my mouth’s roof let cleave,
if I do thee forget,
Jerusalem, and thee above
my chief joy do not set.
7Remember Edom’s children, Lord,
who in Jerus’lems day,
Ev’n unto its foundation,
Raze, raze it quite, did say.
8O daughter thou of Babylon,
near to destruction;
Bless’d shall he be that thee rewards,
as thou to us hast done.
9Yea, happy surely shall he be
thy tender little ones
Who shall lay hold upon, and them
shall dash against the stones.
Scripture: Psalm 137
Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
BABEL'S STREAMS
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Incipit: 11765 43455 65434 Used With Text: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
BABEL'S STREAMS
BABEL'S STREAMS
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. D. Wall Used With Text: Babel's Streams
BABEL'S STREAMS
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #52 (1854) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics:
1.
By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
While Zion we thought on;
Amidst thereof we hung our harps,
The willow trees upon.
With all the power and skill I have,
I'll gently touch each string;
If I can reach the charming sound,
I'll tune my harp again.
Languages: English Tune Title: BABEL'S STREAMS
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #P168 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: By Babel's streams we sat and wept Lyrics:
1By Babel’s streams we sat and wept,
when Sion we thought on.
2In midst thereof we hang’d our harps
the willow-trees upon.
3For there a song required they,
who did us captive bring:
Our spoilers call’d for mirth, and said,
A song of Sion sing.
4O how the Lord’s song shall we sing
within a foreign land?
5If thee, Jerus’lem, I forget,
skill part from my right hand.
6My tongue to my mouth’s roof let cleave,
if I do thee forget,
Jerusalem, and thee above
my chief joy do not set.
7Remember Edom’s children, Lord,
who in Jerus’lems day,
Ev’n unto its foundation,
Raze, raze it quite, did say.
8O daughter thou of Babylon,
near to destruction;
Bless’d shall he be that thee rewards,
as thou to us hast done.
9Yea, happy surely shall he be
thy tender little ones
Who shall lay hold upon, and them
shall dash against the stones.
Scripture: Psalm 137 Languages: English
Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
By Babel's Streams We Sat and Wept
Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #285 (1976) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Imprecatory Psalms; Israel; Jerusalem; Persecution Of Believers; Vows Scripture: Psalm 137 Languages: English Tune Title: OLIVE'S BROW
By Babel's Streams We Sat and Wept
William B. Bradbury
1816 - 1868 Composer of "OLIVE'S BROW" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) William Batchelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life.
John Perry
William B. Bradbury
