By-y-y-y the wa-a-aters, the wa-a-a-ters of Babylon
We lay down and we-ept, and we-ept, for thee Zion.
We remember, we remember, we remember thee Zion.
Sung as a sad, slow
round, this
folk song is a paraphrase of the first few lines of
Psalm 137.
Don McLean recorded it as
Babylon on his album
American Pie.
The Melodians' much-
covered Rivers of Babylon is a
reggae take on the same
Psalm.