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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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 ...
In the palace of the King of Babylon Howl ye, howl ye, therefore: For the day of the Lord is at hand! By the waters of Babylon, By the waters of Babylon There we sat down: yea, we wept And hanged our harps upon the willows. For they that wasted us Required of us mirth; They that carried us away captive Required of us a song. Sing us one of the ...
"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 ...
That was the understanding, that was the deal. And it seemed like there was not a lot of disagreement over that; that seemed to emerge as a fact, because it became rather apparent that the Stones didn't know what kind of people they were dealing with. The Gimme Shelter DVD contains extensive excerpts from that broadcast. A Hells Angels member ...
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"By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion." (Psalms 137:1) "For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying , Sing us one of the songs of Zion.