By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down.
Yeah, yeah, we wept
when we remembered Zion.

Then the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
required from us a song.
Now how shall we sing the Lord song
in a strange land.
Then the wicked
Carried us away captivity
requiring from us a song.
Now how shall we sing the Lord song

in a strange land.

let the words of our mouth
and the meditation of our heart
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight.

let the words of our mouth
and the meditation of our heart
be acceptable in thy sight here tonight.
By the rivers of Babylon

There we sat down.
Yeah, yeah, we wept
when we remembered Zion