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Babel’s Streams 126
Tune: Stephen Jenks, 1810
Alto: W. R. McCoy, 1902
Lyrics: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases, 1650
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
By Babel’s streams we sat and wept,
While Zion we thought on;
Amidst thereof we hung our harps,
The willow trees upon.
Chorus:
With all the pow’r and skill I have,
I’ll gently touch each string;
If I can reach the charming sound,
I’ll tune my harp again.
For there a song required they,
Who did us captive bring;
Our spoilers call’d for mirth, and said,
A song of Zion sing.
(Chorus)
O how the Lord’s song shall we sing
Within a foreign land?
If thee, Jerus’lem, I forget,
Skill part from my right hand.
(Chorus)