Song Name: | Rivers Of Babylon (hi & lo) | By: | Jamaican folk song |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2010-01-23 12:01:25 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | RIVERS OF BABYLON hi & lo
Trad. Jamaican folk song Key: E -3�-3� 4 4 -4 5 5 5 -6 -6 7 7 -8 8 8 8 By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon -3� 4 -4 5 -6 7 -8 8 Where we sat down 5 -5 5 -4 8 -9 8 -8 And there we wept -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 44 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 77 When we re-mem-bered Zi-on -3�-3� 4 4 -4 5 5 5 -6 -6 7 7 -8 8 8 8 By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon -3� 4 -4 5 -6 7 -8 8 Where we sat down 5 -5 5 -4 8 -9 8 -8 And there we wept -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 44 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 77 When we re-mem-bered Zi-on 6 7 -6 6 9 10 -10 9 But the wick-ed 5 5 5 5 5 -4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 -8 8 8 8 Car-ried us a-way cap-ti-vi-ty -4 4 4 4 -3� 4 -8 7 7 7 -6 7 Re-quire from us a song 4 4 4 4 -4 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 -8 8 8 8 How can we sing the Lord�s own song -5 5 -4 4 -9 8 -8 7 in a strange land -3�-3� 4 4 -4 5 5 5 -6 -6 7 7 -8 8 8 8 By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon -3� 4 -4 5 -6 7 -8 8 Where we sat down 5 -5 5 -4 8 -9 8 -8 And there we wept -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 44 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 77 When we re-mem-bered Zi-on |