Re: Rivers of Babylon

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Well, this winds up addressing a question I just alluded to in my posting on 
the same subject:  "Over I" may well be the words at the end of some of my 
versions, including Delaware Water Gap's.  But what do they mean? -- rlc


>From: Owen Davidson <owend (at) tp(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Rivers of Babylon
>Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 23:25:11 -0400

>Rather than proffer this shocking vision, the gentle song cleaves away to
>remind us of the closing verse of Psalm 19 "The Heavens Declare the Glory 
>of
>God:"
>
>"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable 
>in
>thy sight, (O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.)
>
>"Over I."  Amen.
>
>The translation here is from the King James version of the bible.  Some
>Rastafarian lore teaches that James was a wicked king who adulterated and
>corrupted the holy scripture in order to mislead and subjugate the people.
>
>
>
>Dan Peck wrote:
>
> > Rivers of Babylon was recorded in 1979 by the Delaware Water Gap

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