Автор мелодии: Jamaican folk song
RIVERS OF BABYLON hi & lo
Trad. Jamaican folk song
Key: E
-3-3 4 4 -4 5 5 5
-6 -6 7 7 -8 8 8 8
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
-3 4 -4 5
-6 7 -8 8
Where we sat down
5 -5 5 -4
8 -9 8 -8
And there we wept
-4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 44
-8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 77
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on
-3-3 4 4 -4 5 5 5
-6 -6 7 7 -8 8 8 8
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
-3 4 -4 5
-6 7 -8 8
Where we sat down
5 -5 5 -4
8 -9 8 -8
And there we wept
-4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 44
-8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 77
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on
6 7 -6 6
9 10 -10 9
But the wick-ed
5 5 5 5 5 -4 5 5 5
8 8 8 8 8 -8 8 8 8
Car-ried us a-way cap-ti-vi-ty
-4 4 4 4 -3 4
-8 7 7 7 -6 7
Re-quire from us a song
4 4 4 4 -4 5 5 5
7 7 7 7 -8 8 8 8
How can we sing the Lords own song
-5 5 -4 4
-9 8 -8 7
in a strange land
-3-3 4 4 -4 5 5 5
-6 -6 7 7 -8 8 8 8
By the riv-ers of Ba-by-lon
-3 4 -4 5
-6 7 -8 8
Where we sat down
5 -5 5 -4
8 -9 8 -8
And there we wept
-4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 44
-8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 77
When we re-mem-bered Zi-on