by the rivers of babylon
there we sat down
when we remembered zion
by the rivers of babylon
there we sat down
yeah we wept
when we remembered zion
for there they that carried us away in captivity
requiring of us a song
now how shall we sing the lord’s song
in a strange land
for there they that carried us away in captivity
requiring of us a song
now how shall we sing the lord’s song
in a stranger land
let the words of our mouths and the meditathons of our hearts
be acceptable in the sight here tonight
let the words of our mouths and the meditathons of our hearts
be acceptable in the sight here tonight
by the rivers of babylon
there we sat down yeah we wept
when we remembered zion
by the rivers of babylon
there we sat down. yeah we wept
when we remembered zion
ah…ah ah… ah
by the rivers of babylon
there we sat down yeah we wept
when we remembered zion
by the rivers of babylon
there we sat down yeah we wept
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