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By Babylon's Waters
Author: Edith Sinclair Downing Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: [By Babylon's Waters] Text Sources: A Season of Clear Shining (Selah, 1998)
By Babylon's Waters
By the Waters of Babylon
Meter: Irregular Appears in 18 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon
By the Waters of Babylon
By water floods of Babylon
Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project
By water floods of Babylon
[By the waters of Babylon where we sat down]
Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bread for the Journey Hymnal Title: Global Songs 2 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 THE WATERS OF BABYLON
Meter: Irregular Appears in 18 hymnals Hymnal Title: Glory to God 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
Author: Carl P. Daw Jr. Hymnal: Christian Worship #137C (2021) Meter: Irregular Hymnal Title: Christian Worship 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, the Waters of Babylon
Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #294 (1998) Meter: Irregular Hymnal Title: Common Praise (1998) Lyrics: 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: Lent (season); Psalm 137; Healing Scripture: Psalm 137:1 Languages: English Tune Title: BY THE WATERS
By the Waters, the Waters of Babylon
By the Waters of Babylon
Hymnal: Global Songs 2 #24 (1997) Hymnal Title: Global Songs 2 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 Hymnal Title: Christian Worship 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.).
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Carl P. Daw Jr.
Phil. Hayes
1738 - 1797 Person Name: Philip Hayes Hymnal Title: Christian Worship Composer of "BY THE WATERS" in Christian Worship Professor of music at Oxford
Phil. Hayes
Bread for the Journey
Hymnal Title: Global Songs 2 Arranger of "[By the waters of Babylon where we sat down]" in Global Songs 2 Bread for the Journey is a group of singers and instrumentalists who lead worship services, sing-along concerts, and workshops
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