This is not a Boney M song nor a Boney M version. The lyrics are from the Bible - Psalm 137 - and the original performer of the song is The Melodians 1970. the Boney M version is only a cover, albeit the best known.
@@bdjcm8874 Not In My Humble Opinion it was the original one The Melodians You can feel the spiritual implications when they sing it ! You know Where it came from right ?
This song was written from the Bible Verse about the Children of Israel being captured by the Babylonians and taken away to a strange land ! “ BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WHERE WE SAT DOWN - and There WE WEPT when We remembered ZION THEY “the Israelites” missed their Home and the way God had blessed them before they started to worship false Gods and Idols ! They were known for their beautiful music and they had their harps with them But they hung them in the willows and wept when they thought of all they had lost because of their disobedience to God ! Their Captors came along and said taunting them Come on play us some of that music you are so famous for !! Why are your Harps hanging up in the trees ?? They said How CAN WE SING THE SONGS OF ZION (The ONE TRUE MIGHTY GOD) in a strange Land We Have NOTHING TO SING ABOUT
Saudades da minha mãezinha 😥 Tô me sentindo um pássaro com as asas quebrada e perdido no meio do nada sem rumo e sem forças para anda 😴 Tudo que vejo é miragem 🗻
Wonderful melody and information indeed! but the lyrics I believe comes from the book of Psalm 137:1 As our ancestors sat down and wept over the destruction of the Temple in Zion Jerusalem. Beautiful song and melody. Cheers
Esta canción es jamaiquina. Dos de los cantantes de Boney M son jamaiquinos, seguramente ellos la adaptaron paara que se convirtiera en uno de sus éxitos
it's not a song write by Boney ^^ Rivers of Babylon" is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970 wiki
Our priest yesterday mentioned this song, and told us the story of how around 80,000 Jews were killed when they refused to sing while in capture in Babylon.
Susan Wood Your "Priest" was deflecting the issue and busy deceiving you. Cause this Babylon carried Israel captive into all nations and keep them busy as entertainers all while they oppress them. Kill them (Treyvon, Tamir, Castille, Sandra) This is Israel and your Priest keeps quiet and lies.
Rivers of Babylon is an old jewish song dating back to the time when the jews/israelites were held in captivity in babylon and has been sung for THOUSANDS of years was NOT written by a couple of rastas in the 70s. get yer facts right!!
Sorry: Song composed by Boney M (group) borrowing [SOME NOT ALL OF ] the lyrics from the Psalms of David for sure. This ridim/tune/composition for example is not a Jewish riddim.
Au bord des fleuves de Babylone nous étions assis et nous pleurions, en nous souvenant de Sion.2Aux saules de ses vallées nous avions suspendu nos harpes.3Car là, ceux qui nous tenaient captifs nous demandaient des hymnes et des cantiques, nos oppresseurs , des chants joyeux: «Chantez-nous un cantique de Sion!»4Comment chanterions-nous le cantique de Yahweh, sur la terre de l'étranger?5Si jamais je t'oublie, Jérusalem; que ma droite oublie de se mouvoir!...6Que ma langue s'attache à mon palais, si je cesse de penser à toi, si je ne mets pas Jérusalem au premier rang de mes joies!7Souviens-toi, Yahweh, des enfants d'Edom; quand au jour de Jérusalem, ils disaient: «Détruisez, détruisez-la, jusqu'en ses fondements!»8Fille de Babylone, vouée à la ruine, heureux celui qui te rendra le mal que tu nous as fait!9Heureux celui qui saisira et brisera tes petits enfants contre la pierre!
Rivers Of Babylon By The Melodians = 1968 Rivers Of Babylon By Boney M = 1978 So the first who sung it were The Melodians (even if it was a rasta's anthem before all those cover)
