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Illustration of the weeping by the rivers of Babylon from Chludov Psalter (9th century). The song is based on the Biblical Psalm 137:1–4, a hymn expressing the lamentations of the Jewish people in exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC: [1] Previously the Kingdom of Israel, after being united under Kings David and Solomon, had been split in two, with the Kingdom of ...
Daniel Francis Noel O'Donnell, MBE (born 12 December 1961) [2] is an Irish singer, television presenter and philanthropist. [3] After rising to public attention in 1983, he has since become a household name in Ireland and Britain; he has also had considerable success in Australia . [ 4 ]
"O'Donnell Abú" (Irish: Ó Domhnaill Abú) is a traditional Irish song.Its lyrics were written by a Fenian Michael Joseph McCann [1] in 1843. It refers to the Gaelic lord Red Hugh O'Donnell who ruled Tyrconnell in the late sixteenth century, first with the approval of the Crown authorities in Dublin and later in rebellion against them during Tyrone's Rebellion. [2]
"An Wasserflüssen Babylon" (By the rivers of Babylon) is a Lutheran hymn by Wolfgang Dachstein, which was first published in Strasbourg in 1525. The text of the hymn is a paraphrase of Psalm 137 . Its singing tune, which is the best known part of the hymn and Dachstein's best known melody, was popularised as the chorale tune of Paul Gerhardt ...
Moon Over Ireland is the 31st studio album released by Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell in 2011. It contained original songs and newly recorded versions of well-known Irish songs. It contained original songs and newly recorded versions of well-known Irish songs.
An English setting ("By the Rivers of Babylon") by David Amram (b. 1930), for solo soprano and SSAA choir (1969). [63] [64] [65] [relevant?] "Rivers of Babylon", in part based on the opening verses of the Psalm, is a Rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970.
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A 3-part round Babylon, based on Hayes' composition, included in American Pie (Don McLean album) Rivers of Babylon, a novel by Peter Pišťanek; Rivers of Babylon, a 1998 Slovak film; By the Rivers of Babylon, a novel by Nelson DeMille "By the Waters of Babylon", a short story by Stephen Vincent Benét "By the Waters of Babylon: Little Poems in ...