By The Rivers Of Babylon

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat And wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps* Babylon, founded by Ctesias Built by Hammurabi and rebuilt by King Tukulti Ninurta the Assyrian We entered through Ishtar Gate By the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar holds us prisoners here, Exiled from our homeland. Six hundred years hence Son of God will be born Then shall deliverance bless us And we hear the Caribbeans* sing Many hundred years later still "By the Rivers of Babylon...." and we weep...