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BABEL'S STREAMS
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Incipit: 11765 43455 65434 Used With Text: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
BABEL'S STREAMS
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Used With Tune: BABEL'S STREAMS
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics:
1.
By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
While Zion we thought on;
Amidst thereof we hung our harps,
The willow trees upon.
With all the power and skill I have,
I'll gently touch each string;
If I can reach the charming sound,
I'll tune my harp again.
Used With Tune: BABEL'S STREAMS
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Hymnal: The Sacred Harp #126 (1991) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Languages: English Tune Title: BABEL'S STREAMS
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #52 (1854) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics:
1.
By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
While Zion we thought on;
Amidst thereof we hung our harps,
The willow trees upon.
With all the power and skill I have,
I'll gently touch each string;
If I can reach the charming sound,
I'll tune my harp again.
Languages: English Tune Title: BABEL'S STREAMS
By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Stephen Jenks
1772 - 1856 Composer of "BABEL'S STREAMS" in The Sacred Harp Born: March 17, 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island.
Died: June 3, 1856, Thompson, Ohio.
Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Thompson, Ohio.
During his life, Jenks moved from town to town, living in Ridgefield and New Canaan, Connecticut; Pound Ridge, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island; finally settling in Thompson, Ohio, in 1829. After moving to Ohio, he became a farmer and a maker of percussion instruments. His works include:
The New-England Harmonist (Danbury, Connecticut, 1799)
The Musical Harmonist (New Haven, Connecticut, 1800.
The American Compiler, with Elijah Griswold (Northampton, Massachusetts, 1803)
The Delights of Harmony (New Haven, Connecticut, 1804)
The Delights of Harmony; or, Norfolk Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1805)
Additional Music, to the Delights of Harmony
The Delights of Harmony; or, Union Compiler, 1806
The Jovial Songster (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1806)
The Hartford Collection of Sacred Harmony, with Elijah Griswold and John C. Frisbie (Hartford, Connecticut: 1807)
The Royal Harmony of Zion (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1810)
The Christian Harmony (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811)
The Harmony of Zion; or, Union Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811)
The Whistle (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811)
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Stephen Jenks
