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Language: English  after the Latin 
By the waters of Babylon,
we sat down and wept,
as we remembered Zion.
We hung our harps on willows there.
For there our captors required of us song,
saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
“How shall we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?”

Composition:

    Set to music by Tom Cipullo (b. 1960), "By the Waters of Babylon", 2009 [ voice and piano ], from Singing, no. 3

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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-14
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Word count: 49