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.

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