By the rivers Of Babylon Where he sat down And there he wept When he remembered Zion Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Sing it out loud Sing a song of freedom, sister Sing a song of freedom, brother (sister) We gotta sing and shout it! We gotta jump and shout it! Shout the song of freedom now, oh So, let the words of our mouth And the meditation of our heart Be acceptable in Thy sight Oh, Fari So, let the words of our mouth And the meditation of our heart Be acceptable in Thy sight Oh, Fari Sing it again! We've got to sing it together Everyone (we've got to shout it together) La la la la la, oh By the rivers Of Babylon Where he sat down And there he wept When he remembered Zion Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Sing it, sing it, sing it See you got to sing it, brother You got to sing it, sing sisters, yeah
By the rivers Of Babylon Where he sat down And there he wept When he remembered Zion Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Sing it out loud Sing a song of freedom, sister Sing a song of freedom, brother (sister) We gotta sing and shout it! We gotta jump and shout it! Shout the song of freedom now, oh So, let the words of our mouth And the meditation of our heart Be acceptable in Thy sight Oh, Fari So, let the words of our mouth And the meditation of our heart Be acceptable in Thy sight Oh, Fari Sing it again! We've got to sing it together Everyone (we've got to shout it together) La la la la la, oh By the rivers Of Babylon Where he sat down And there he wept When he remembered Zion Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song How can we sing King Alpha's song In a strange land? Sing it, sing it, sing it See you got to sing it, brother You got to sing it, sing sisters, yeah
A música foi escrita em 1970 pelos membros da banda jamaicana The Melodians, Brent Dowe e Trevor McNaughton, e adaptou versos dos Salmos 19 e 137 da Bíblia Hebraica.
A primeira gravação oficial apareceu no álbum de trilha sonora de 1972 do filme *The Harder They Come*, o que lhe conferiu notoriedade internacional.
Em 1978, a versão cover de Boney M trouxe a canção para a cena musical europeia, recebendo disco de platina nos Estados Unidos.
A gravação de Boney M está entre as dez maiores vendas de singles de todos os tempos no Reino Unido, consolidando seu status de sucesso mundial.
O single de Boney M contou com a faixa B “Brown Girl in the Ring”, que também alcançou sucesso nas paradas, ampliando o impacto da dupla.
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