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By the Waters of Babylon
Meter: Irregular Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon
By the Waters of Babylon
By Babylon's Waters
Author: Edith Sinclair Downing Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: [By Babylon's Waters] Text Sources: A Season of Clear Shining (Selah, 1998)
By Babylon's Waters
By the waters of Babylon (Ylvisaker)
Author: John Ylvisaker Appears in 1 hymnal
By the waters of Babylon (Ylvisaker)
BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
Meter: Irregular Appears in 18 hymnals Tune Sources: Jewish melody Tune Key: b minor Incipit: 17656 76545 65434 Used With Text: By the Waters of Babylon (Psalm 137)
BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
[By the waters of Babylon where we sat down]
Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bread for the Journey Tune Sources: Traditional Jamaican Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 55112 33351 23343 Used With Text: By the Waters of Babylon
[By the waters of Babylon where we sat down]
By Babylon's Waters
Author: Edith Sinclair Downing Hymnal: Scripture Song Database #570 (2008) First Line: [By Babylon's Waters] Scripture: Psalm 137 Languages: English
By Babylon's Waters
By the Waters of Babylon
Author: Carl P. Daw Jr. Hymnal: Christian Worship #137C (2021) Meter: Irregular First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon Lyrics: 1 By the waters, the waters of Babylon,
we sat down and wept,
and wept for thee, Zion.
We remember thee, remember thee,
remember thee, Zion.
2 On the willows, the willows of Babylon,
we hung up our harps,
our harps brought from Zion.
We remember thee, remember thee,
remember thee, Zion.
3 Those who carried us, who carried us to Babylon,
asked us for a song,
a song of thee, Zion.
We remember thee, remember thee,
remember thee, Zion.
4 On the alien soil, the alien soil of Babylon,
how dare we to praise,
to praise thy God, Zion?
We remember thee, remember thee,
remember thee, Zion.
5 By the waters, the waters of Babylon,
we sat down and wept,
and wept for thee, Zion.
We remember thee, remember thee,
remember thee, Zion.
Topics: Babylon; Captivity; Death; Happiness; Jerusalem; Loneliness; Singing; Sorrow; Vengeance; Zion Scripture: Psalm 137 Languages: English Tune Title: BY THE WATERS
By the Waters of Babylon
By the Waters of Babylon
Hymnal: Global Songs 2 #24 (1997) First Line: By the waters of Babylon where we sat down Lyrics: By the waters of Babylon where we sat down,
and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.
By the waters of Babylon where we sat down,
and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.
For the wicked carried us away,
captivity required from us a song.
How can we sing our holy song in a strange land?
For the wicked carried us away,
captivity required from us a song.
How can we sing our holy song in a strange land?
So let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart
be acceptable in your sight, O God. Topics: Lent Scripture: Psalm 137 Languages: English Tune Title: [By the waters of Babylon where we sat down]
By the Waters of Babylon
Carl P. Daw Jr.
b. 1944 Author (sts. 2-4) of "By the Waters of Babylon" in Christian Worship Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Emily Brink
Carl P. Daw Jr.
William Billings
1746 - 1800 Person Name: William Billings, 1746-1800 Composer of "BILLINGS" in Singing the Living Tradition William Billings (b. 1746; d. 1800) was an American choral composer, thought by some to be the father of American choral music. His father died when William was 14, and he was forced to drop all formal education and take up tanning to get by. With no formal musical training he began to compose, and his songs were well-loved and traveled quickly. However, due to unsubstantial copyright laws, Billings received hardly a penny from the publication of his music. After a period of fame and prosperity, his music was forgotten, and his last decade was one of decline. Married with six children, he died in poverty, though his music would be resurrected after his death and sung to this day.
Laura de Jong
William Billings
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Composer of "JEWISH MELODY" in Together in Song In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
