Re: "Jewish" Rock?

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Hi Bob:

"Rivers of Babylon" (performed by The Melodians)
originally from the soundtrack of the film,
The Harder They Come (c.1973).

"By the rivers of Babylon, where he sat down
And there he wept when he remembered Zion"

and

"...may the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
 Be acceptable in thy sight"
...
I believe, are from =tanakh=.

Other lines include:
"O, the wicked carried us away captivity
Require from us a song,
How can we sing King Alfa song
in a strange land"

I can't comment specifically on the Boney M version,
(never having heard it),
 but I have a version by country music artist Steve Earle
you may also be interested in cataloguing.

Wolf

robert wiener wrote:

> How about Boney M's "Rivers of Babylon"?
>
> Bob
>

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