Dat is then and dis is now
Sing a song of praise and shout it out load
To reach zion yu have to be strong like a lion,
Unity and strength divided we fall
Stand up for your right & pure in your want
Keep it in your mind and lock it in your thoughts

CHORUS
By the river of babylon
Where we sat down 
Yeah, where we wept when remembered zion
for the wicked carried us away captivity
Required from us a song

Sing it loud , sing a song of freedom
Sing along brothers , sing along sisters


Oh, let the words of our mouths
And the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight oh for I
For the wicked carried us away captivity
Required from us a song in a strange land

Ooh, Oh let the words,
Let the words of my mouth
Be acceptable in ty sight