Текст песни The Melodians - Rivers of Babylon

Эта бесня была написана в 1972 г. Брентом Доу (Brent Dowe) и Тревором МакНотоном (Trevor McNaughton). Песня основана на библейском псалме 136 (137):

"При реках Вавилона, там сидели мы и плакали, когда вспоминали о Сионе..."

By the rivers of Babylon
Where we sat down
And there we wept
When we remembered Zion

But the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alfa song
In a strange land
Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alfa song
In a strange land

Sing it out loud
Sing a song of freedom sister
Sing a song of freedom brother
We gotta sing and shout it
We gotta talk and shout it
Shout the song of freedom now

So let the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
Be acceptable in Thy sight
Over I
So let the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
Be acceptable in Thy sight
Over I

Sing it again
We've got to sing it together
Everyone of us together

By the rivers of Babylon...