December 15, 2024
By the Rivers of Babylon – Guitar
From Wikipedia…
“Rivers of Babylon” is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. The Melodians’ original version of the song appeared on the soundtrack album for the 1972 movie The Harder They Come, which made it internationally known.”
It was recorded by the group Boney M in 1978 and became more widely popular.