Biography:
The Melodians are a Jamaican rocksteady band, formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston in 1963 by Tony Brevett, Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton. Renford Cogle assisted with writing and arranging material. Trevor McNaughton had the idea of putting a group together and contacted the then 14-year-old Tony Brevett (nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), who had already had success in local talent shows. Brevett recruited his friend Brent Dowe and the group was formed, with Brevett taking on lead vocal duties.
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[Intro]
G G D G
[Verse]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
Sing it out loud, sing a song of freedom, sister
G D G
Sing a song of freedom, brother
G
We gotta sing and shout it, we gotta jump and shout it
D G
Shout the song of freedom now
[Chorus]
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G
Sing it again! We've got to sing it together
D G G G D G
We've got to shout it together
[Verse]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land...
G G D G
[Verse]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
Sing it out loud, sing a song of freedom, sister
G D G
Sing a song of freedom, brother
G
We gotta sing and shout it, we gotta jump and shout it
D G
Shout the song of freedom now
[Chorus]
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G
Sing it again! We've got to sing it together
D G G G D G
We've got to shout it together
[Verse]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land...
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