On The Rivers of Babylon..
"Rivers of Babylon" is a spiritual song penned by the late Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Melodians. It is based on the Biblical hymn Psalm 137 (from the King James Version). Psalm 137 is a hymn expressing the yearnings of the Jewish people in exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC. The rivers of Babylon are the ?? river, its tributaries, and the ?? river. The song also has words from Psalm 19:14.
NFTY, the youth group of the Union for Reform Judaism, uses the song in its songbook and sometimes even in youth group services.
The Unitarian Universalist Association has included the song in their supplemental hymnal Singing the Journey (Hymn #1042) [1].
The most popular version of the song is by Boney M in 1978, which was released as a single and stayed at the #1 position in the UK for 5 weeks. In the UK, that version sold over 1,985,000 copies, making the single officially 3x platinum
Noem een rivier
Niet geschoten is altijd mis..
Ach Margrietje, de Rozen zullen bloeien..