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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
By the waters of Babylon there we sat down, we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.  Alleluia.  
By the waters of Babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.  Alleluia.<br>
On the willows there, on the willows there, we hung up our lyres, we hung up our lyres.  Alleluia.  
On the willows there, we hung up our lyres.  Alleluia. <br>
How shall we sing the Lord's son in a foreign land?  Alleluia.  
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?  Alleluia. <br>
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither, let my right hand wither. Alleluia.  
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither, let my right hand wither. Alleluia. <br>
O daughter of Babylon, you destructive one; blessed is he who requites you with what you have done to us.  
O daughter of Babylon, you destructive one; blessed is he who requites you with what you have done to us. Alleluia.<br>
Alleluia. Blessed is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the stone. Alleluia.  
Blessed is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the stone. Alleluia.  


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Editor: Paul Stetsenko (submitted 2017-02-27).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 40 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: An English (abbreviated) translation of V. Krupitsky's setting of Psalm 137.

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Title: By the waters of Babylon
Composer: V. Krupitsky
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATB divisi

Genre: Sacred

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Psalm 137; part of Eastern Orthodox Lenten Vespers.

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Original text and translations

By the waters of Babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. Alleluia.
On the willows there, we hung up our lyres. Alleluia.
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? Alleluia.
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither, let my right hand wither. Alleluia.
O daughter of Babylon, you destructive one; blessed is he who requites you with what you have done to us. Alleluia.

Blessed is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the stone. Alleluia.