Rios de Babilonia

By the rivers of Babylon

There we sat down

Yeah, we wept

When we remembered Zion

By the rivers of Babylon

There we sat down

Yeah, we wept

When we remembered Zion

When the wicked

Carried us away in captivity

Required from us a song

Now, how shall we sing the lord's song

In a strange land?

When the wicked

Carried us away in captivity

Required from us a song

Now, how shall we sing the lord's song

In a strange land?

(Uh-uh-uh-uh)

(Uh-uh-uh-uh)

(Uh-uh-uh-uh)

(Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh)

Eh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Let the words of our mouth

And the meditations of our heart

Be acceptable in Thy sight

Here tonight

Let the words of our mouth

And the meditations of our heart

Be acceptable in Thy sight

Here tonight

By the rivers of Babylon

There we sat down

Yeah, we wept

When we remembered Zion

By the rivers of Babylon

There we sat down

Yeah, we wept

When we remembered Zion

(Ah-ah-ah-ah)

(Ah-ah-ah-ah)

(Ah-ah-ah-ah)

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

By the rivers of Babylon

Dark tears of Babylon

There we sat down

You've got to sing a song

Yeah, we wept

Sing a song of love

When we remembered Zion

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

By the rivers of Babylon

Rough bits of Babylon

There we sat down

You hear the people cry

Yeah, we wept

They need their God

When we remembered Zion

Ooh-ooh, have the power

By the rivers of Babylon

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

There we sat down