By The Waters of Babylon (Christian Choral Round)

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Artist:

Arr. David Buley

Stiwdio:

GIA Publications, Calvin College

Categori:

Music

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"By the Waters of Babylon" is available
for the SSATB and SAATB vocal ranges. It is a choral round about how the Jewish people look on from Babylon as their city, Sion/ Zion, or Jerusalem is destroyed.

This piece was based off of the Bible verse Psalm: 137: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

Psalm 137 is a hymn expressing the yearnings of the Jewish people during their Babylonian exile. In its whole form of nine verses, the psalm reflects the yearning for Jerusalem as well as hatred for the Holy City's enemies (the Babylonians in this case) with sometimes violent imagery.

Lyrics follow the set up of the original sheet music: page > stanza > part + lyrics.

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I: By the waters, the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept, and wept for you, Sion.
II: By the waters, the waters of Babylon,

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I-a: We remember, we remember, we remember
II-a: we sat down and wept, and wept for
III-a: By the waters, the waters of

I-b: you, Sion. By the waters, the
II-b: you, Sion. We remember, we remember,
III-b: Babylon, we sat down and wept, and
B-b: We wept, we wept, we

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I-a: waters of Babylon, we sat down and
II-a: we remember you, Sion. By the
III-a: wept for you, Sion. We remember,
B-a: wept for Sion. We wept, we

I-b: wept, and wept for you, Sion.
II-b: waters, the waters of Babylon,
III-b: we remember, we remember you, Sion.
T-b: How can
B-b: wept, we wept for Sion. We

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I-a: We rememberm we remember, we remember
II-a: we sat down and wept, and wept for
III-a: By the waters, the waters of
T-a: we sing the Lord's song up on an alien
B-a: wept, we wept, we wept for

I-b: you, Sion. By the waters, the
II-b: you, Sion. We remember, we remember,
III-b: Babylon, we sat down and wept, and
T-b: soil? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my
B-b: Sion. We wept, we wept, we wept.

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I-a: waters of Babylon, we sat down and
II-a: we remember you, Sion. By the
III-a: wept for you, Sion. We remember,
T-a: right hand forget its skill
B-a: wept for Sion. We wept, we

I-b: wept, and wept for you, Sion.
II-b: waters, the waters of Babylon,
III-b: we remember, we remember you, Sion.
B-b: wept, we wept for Sion.

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I-a: We remember, we remember, we remember you, Sion.
II-a: we sat down and wept, and wept for you, Sion.
III-a: By the waters, the waters of Babylon,

II-b: We remember, we remember, we remember you, Sion.
III-b: we sat down and wept, and wept for you, Sion.
T-a: Ley my

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III-a: We remember, we remember, we remember
T-a: tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember
B-a: By the waters, the water of

III-b: you, Sion. O Je-
T-b: you. By the waters, the
B-b: Babylon, we sat down and wept, and

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S-a: By the
A-a: rusalem, if you are not above my highest joy, O let me
T-a: waters of Babylon, we sat down and
B-a: wept for you, Sion. We remember,

S-b: waters, the waters of Babylon, we sat down and
A-b: never sing again!
T-b: wept, and wept for you, Sion. We remember
B-b: we remember, we remember you, Sion. We remember

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S-a: wept, and wept for you, Sion. We remember,
A-a: We remember,
T-a: we remember, we remember you, Sion. We remember,
B-a: we remember, we remember you, Sion. We remember

S-b: we remember, we remember, you Sion.
A-b: we remember, we remember, you Sion.
T-b: we remember, we remember, you Sion.
B-b: we remember, we remember, you Sion.