By the Waters of Babylon

By the Waters of Babylon

by Brent Dowe, James A. McNaughton, George Reyam and Frank Farian; arr. Peter Amidon

This arrangement, inspired by the singing of Sweet Honey in the Rock, was written for the Guilford Community Church Choir in 1999.


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LYRICS

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down,
And there we wept when we remember Zion.
Where the wicked carry us away captivity require of us a song;
How can we sing our holy song in a strange land.
Let he words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight over I.